Advanced Environmental Management Group, LLC

Advanced Environmental Management Group, LLC, doing business as AEM Group, is a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business providing environmental consulting, sediment sampling and analysis, and environmental site assessment services as a prime contractor to federal civilian agencies. The firm is Subcontinent Asian American-owned, structured as a limited liability company, and headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan.

AEM Group's federal footprint centers on environmental media characterization, sampling, laboratory analysis, and regulatory compliance work for natural resource agencies and civil works missions. The company competes predominantly as a prime contractor (100% of awards in the source) and splits work between total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitive awards. The firm holds active seats on GSA Multiple Award Schedule contracts with labor categories spanning project specialists, CAD technicians, project managers, and senior leadership roles at hourly rates from $71.79 to $138.79, requiring bachelor's through master's degrees but no security clearance.

Customer concentration is fragmented but dollar-weighted toward Army Corps of Engineers work. The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) drives award volume with 675 task orders and $7.3 million combined potential value across four regional offices (Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western), reflecting AEM Group's heavy engagement with small, routine NRCS conservation and assessment orders. By dollars, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers dominates: 76 awards totaling $42.3 million combined potential value (including the Engineering District Omaha with $11.1 million, Detroit District with $8.6 million, and Louisville District with $8.4 million). The Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Region 9 Eastern Region) adds $8.8 million across 27 awards. These top five customer segments account for 51% of the vendor's combined potential value across 32 distinct federal agencies.

AEM Group's primary parent vehicles reflect this split. Two NRCS Blanket Purchase Agreements—AG3A75B120002 and AG3A75B080003—carry 660 task orders combined but only $3.3 million in combined potential value, signaling many small orders. The Army Corps of Engineers Indefinite Delivery Contract W912P417D0004 anchors 74 task orders with $3.5 million potential value. A $25 million multiple-award IDC with the Army Corps of Engineers (W911XK16D0014) supports environmental services across the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division and remains active through September 2029. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule itself spans 46 task orders totaling $57.7 million, making it the single largest dollar vehicle on the platform—a material driver of potential revenue that includes delivery orders from civilian agencies including National Resources Conservation Service, the National Office (civilian), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Midwest Region services.

Concrete work examples from the Army Corps include a $320,816.65 total small business set-aside delivery order for sediment sampling and analysis at the Grand Haven Project area in Michigan (awarded February 2026), a $422,624.36 total small business order for environmental drilling, sampling, and cleanup at Amcast Industrial in Cedarburg, Wisconsin (August 2025), and a $454,681.59 order for remedial action sub-slab depressurization systems at Charlevoix, Michigan (February 2023). From the Forest Service, AEM Group holds a $7 million single-award BPA with the Southern Region for environmental consulting across 13 southern states through March 2028 and a $7 million multiple-award BPA with the Eastern Region through October 2029 for incident response and environmental remediation support at Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. GSA Schedule work includes small Phase I environmental site assessments and water monitoring services.

Activity has declined materially. Awards per year dropped from 12 in 2022 and 15 in 2023 to 7 in both 2024 and 2025, with only 1 award recorded in 2026 year to date. Combined potential value across all 1,028 awards totals $154.3 million, but only $28.4 million has been obligated (18%), indicating a large tail of unfunded IDC ceilings and BPA vehicles. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only 4 awards totaling $861 thousand face ultimate completion and recompete exposure, suggesting AEM Group's largest contract vehicles (especially the $25 million Army Corps IDC and $7 million Forest Service BPAs) have extended performance periods beyond the near term.

The vendor's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized: site assessments, sediment and water sampling, laboratory analytical services, environmental remediation characterization, and regulatory compliance support, primarily serving Army Corps of Engineers civil works (harbor maintenance, dredging, Superfund site management) and Forest Service natural resource management missions. The company was founded in 1998 and has built a track record across 32 customer agencies, but prime work is concentrated in environmental consulting and testing (687 awards under NAICS 541620) and landscape architectural services (214 awards), with smaller volumes in remediation and forestry support. AEM Group does not subcontract — it operates 100% as a prime contractor with no recorded sub-awards in the source data.

Since its inception, AEM Group has provided multimedia environmental consulting services to federal and commercial customers nationwide. Services include: permitting (air, water, waste), compliance audits, ISO 14001 EMS audits, NEPA investigations, wetland/natural resources assessments, vapor/PEFOS investigations, site assessments, SPCC/SWPPP plans, training, and regulatory compliance support.