Advanced Environmental Management Group, LLC

Advanced Environmental Management Group, LLC, doing business as AEM Group, operates as a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business (Subcontinent Asian American-owned) delivering sediment sampling and analysis, environmental site assessments, water quality monitoring, and environmental consulting services to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor exclusively. Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, and structured as a limited liability company, AEM Group competes across both small-business set-asides and full-and-open procurements, with set-aside work concentrated in Total Small Business designations on several key vehicles.

AEM Group's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in conservation and natural resource management agencies. The top five customer families by award count account for 73% of recent awards but represent only a small share of combined potential value. The National Resources Conservation Service dominates by volume—the Northeast, Southeast, Central, and Western regions collectively represent 675 awards worth $6.9 million combined potential value—but these awards are typically small routine Phase I environmental site assessments and pre-acquisition database searches issued on a GSA Multiple Award Schedule BPA (AG3A75B120002) carrying 453 task orders. The Department of the Army, by contrast, anchors dollar concentration: the Army Corps of Engineers and Army branches combined deliver 118 awards worth $65.1 million, with the greatest concentration in the Detroit District (34 awards, $8.6 million) and a separate undefined Army entity (6 awards, $26.1 million). The Forest Service Eastern Region (Region 9) places 27 awards valued at $8.8 million. This concentration pattern reflects AEM Group's dual business model: high-volume, low-value conservation work through NRCS BPAs and higher-value civil works and remediation work through Army and Corps vehicles.

AEM Group holds four primary parent vehicles. A $25 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of the Army (W912P417D0004) awarded September 2024 under Total Small Business set-aside funds environmental characterization, sediment sampling, soil and groundwater analysis, and site assessments across the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division through September 2029. Recent delivery orders under this IDIQ include a $422.6 thousand order for environmental drilling and sampling cleanup at Amcast Industrial in Cedarburg, Wisconsin (August 2025), a $320.8 thousand order for sediment sampling in the Grand Haven Project area (February 2026), and a $178.2 thousand order for sediment sampling at Manistique Harbor and Breakwater (June 2026)—all firm fixed price, Total Small Business set-asides. A $7 million single-award BPA with the USDA Forest Service Southern Region (awarded March 2023, expiring March 2028) provides environmental consulting services across 13 southern states to support natural resource management and land stewardship. A second $7 million Forest Service BPA (Region 9, Eastern Region, awarded October 2024, through October 2029) delivers environmental response, incident cleanup, hazardous materials surveys, and assessment services within the Allegheny National Forest. Two NRCS BPAs on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule drive volume: AG3A75B120002 carries 453 task orders worth $2.6 million for Phase I environmental assessments and pre-acquisition environmental database searches nationwide, while AG3A75B080003 carries 207 task orders worth $688 thousand for similar conservation assessment work. AEM Group also places individual task orders against the broad GSA Multiple Award Schedule (49 task orders, $59 million combined potential value), indicating a multi-year, multi-region incumbent position for environmental site assessments and water monitoring across civilian agencies.

Recent representative work spans sediment sampling, lab analysis, and remedial action. Under the Army Corps contract, AEM Group completed sediment sampling and analysis at North Lansing Dam, Michigan ($74.8 thousand, May 2025); Point Lookout and Tawas Bay Harbor, Michigan ($122.2 thousand, April 2025); and Upper Appleton, Wisconsin ($99.9 thousand, February 2025). For the Forest Service, AEM Group conducted environmental sampling at the Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests in Michigan ($23.9 thousand, June 2024) and Duncan and Robins pond sampling in the Ottawa National Forest ($69.6 thousand, October 2023). AEM Group also delivers remedial action work: a $454.7 thousand order (February 2023, extended to September 2025) covers sub-slab depressurization systems installation at Charlevoix, Michigan. Environmental site assessment work includes a Phase I ESA for the Village of Whitesboro, New York, under the National Resources Conservation Service ($46.5 thousand, May 2022, delivered via GSA MAS).

AEM Group's GSA Schedule labor portfolio comprises eight active categories spanning project specialists, CAD technicians, project managers, and directors. Hourly rates range from $71.79 to $138.79, with roles requiring bachelor's degrees at entry levels ($71.79 for Project Specialist Level 1 with one year experience) and master's degrees at senior levels ($119.65–$138.79 for managers and directors with 7–15 years experience). No security-cleared labor categories are offered, reflecting the civilian environmental and conservation focus of the customer base.

Activity has declined recently—twelve awards in 2022, fifteen in 2023, dropping to seven in both 2024 and 2025, and four so far in 2026—suggesting contraction or maturation in the core customer relationships. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months carries minimal exposure: only four awards worth $576 thousand face ultimate completion. This reflects the long-term, high-ceiling nature of the NRCS BPAs and Army Corps IDIQ, which collectively anchor the vehicle portfolio through 2028–2029. Combined obligated dollars stand at $28.7 million against $155.8 million combined potential value (18% utilization), indicating substantial remaining capacity across the incumbent vehicles and reduced near-term recompete risk.

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.