Support for Chemical Screening, Review, and Evaluation of New, Existing, and Safer Choice Chemical Substances

The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention established this multiple-award Master IDIQ on December 1, 2022, with a $100 million combined ceiling and ordering authority extending through November 30, 2027, leaving roughly 16 months of open ordering window. The vehicle is unrestricted; all responsible small business concerns may compete.

Task-order activity has declined significantly. The vehicle generated 12 orders in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 1 in 2025, with the most recent award dated September 5, 2025. The 18 total task orders issued carry a combined potential value of $66 million, of which $19.1 million (29 percent) is obligated, indicating substantial unexercised value remaining on awarded orders and capacity for additional orders before the ceiling is approached.

Competition is heavily concentrated among four primes. ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. holds 6 orders worth $35 million in combined potential value (53 percent of portfolio value), while Eastern Research Group Inc. holds 5 orders worth $19 million (29 percent). ABT Global LLC and Battelle Memorial Institute account for 4 and 3 orders respectively, with combined potential values of $9.3 million and $2.7 million. All task orders are issued to a single customer—EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention—eliminating customer concentration risk for primes but signaling that recompete or vehicle succession will be decisive.

Awarded work spans chemical screening, risk evaluation, exposure assessment, data analysis, and regulatory support across multiple EPA programs: systematic review and chemical prioritization under the Toxic Substances Control Act, endocrine disruptor screening, existing chemical review, occupational and environmental exposure assessments, new chemical support, polychlorinated biphenyl programs, lead-based paint programs, and safer choice initiatives. All task orders are time-and-material pricing.

Task order values range from under $100 thousand to ceilings exceeding $22 million. Representative recent orders include endocrine disruptor screening support ($1.3 million obligated, September 2025), existing chemical review assessments ($2.1 million obligated against a $6 million ceiling, December 2024), and systematic review and chemical prioritization activities ($2.9 million obligated against a $22.1 million ceiling, October 2023).

Support for chemical screening, review, and evaluation of new, existing, and safer choice chemical substances in support for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution prevention programs.