Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team V (START V)

The Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team V (START V) is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide comprehensive environmental consulting and technical support services for Superfund site assessments, emergency response, and remediation efforts. Originating from a solicitation seeking small businesses with environmental consulting capabilities, the contract focuses on supporting EPA's Emergency Response branch in the Superfund division. The vehicle enables rapid technical assistance for investigating, characterizing, and addressing hazardous waste sites, environmental contamination, oil spills, lead removal, and other complex environmental challenges across multiple EPA regions.

The contract has primarily been executed through task orders with ceiling values ranging from approximately $10,000 to over $9.5 million, typically with performance periods between six months and two years. Two prime contractors, Tetra Tech, Inc. and Weston Solutions Inc., have been the most frequent awardees, with task orders predominantly supporting EPA Regions 4, 5, 7, and 9. Common scopes include site assessments, preliminary investigations, removal actions, engineering evaluations, cost analyses, air and environmental monitoring, and emergency response support for events like natural disasters, oil spills, and toxic material incidents. The task orders are consistently awarded without small business set-aside designations, indicating unrestricted competition. Performance locations span multiple states, with significant concentrations in Kansas, Missouri, California, Georgia, Indiana, and Michigan, reflecting the broad geographic reach of the EPA's Superfund program.