Air Resource Specialists, Inc.

Air Resource Specialists, Inc., a Fort Collins, Colorado-based small business, delivers air quality monitoring network operations, environmental data analysis, and technical consulting services to federal land management and environmental protection agencies as a prime contractor across 431 awards (100% prime) with no subcontractor footprint. The for-profit Subchapter S corporation competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, particularly across National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management vehicles.

The National Park Service dominates Air Resource Specialists' customer base, accounting for 206 awards (48% of all prime awards) and $94.6 million in combined potential value across its National Office and regional components. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management is the second-largest customer (14 awards, $17.5 million), followed by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (13 awards, $11.9 million). These three agencies represent approximately two-thirds of all awards by count. The company's service concentration is sharp: 321 of 431 awards fall under NAICS 541512 (Environmental Consulting Services), with 310 awards carrying PSC "Special Studies/Analysis—Air Quality." The portfolio reflects a pure-play air quality specialist focused on federal public-lands environmental stewardship.

Core capabilities center on operating and maintaining gaseous pollutant and meteorological monitoring networks, conducting optical and scene monitoring, performing downwind air monitoring and data validation, and developing online data visualization and reporting tools. Representative prime work includes a $1.88 million delivery order (NR-ARD-339) from the National Park Service for Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program Network Operations (awarded September 2025, performance through September 2026); a $1.64 million delivery order (NR-ARD-387) for gaseous air pollution and meteorological monitoring across 30 national park sites (awarded August 2023, NPS National Office); and a $976 thousand delivery order from EPA Region 8 for National Park air quality monitoring network and quality-assurance audit support services under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded July 2025, performance through January 2029, time-and-materials basis).

Air Resource Specialists holds three active IDIQs anchoring its federal footprint. A $15 million National Park Service IDIQ (NR-ARD-07, awarded September 2025, small business set-aside, performance through September 2030) covers Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program Network Operations with potential task orders ranging from $10,000 to $3 million. A $10 million Bureau of Land Management Blanket Purchase Agreement (awarded May 2023, small business set-aside, performance through April 2025) covers air quality products and services including energy project application review and air quality compliance assessments. A $40 million GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (awarded December 2025, no set-aside, performance through December 2030) provides labor services across 30 categories at hourly rates spanning $79.91 to $258.52, covering administrative, field specialist, programmer, consultant, and program manager roles with education requirements from high school equivalent through master's degrees; no security-cleared positions are offered. The company placed 47 delivery orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle ($28.8 million combined potential value) and 96 task orders under a National Park Service Indefinite Delivery Contract (INP16PC00320, $12.4 million combined potential value).

Activity has moderated in recent years, declining from 9 awards in 2023 to 7 in 2024 and 6 in 2025, with only 2 awards recorded in 2026 through June; the recompete cliff shows 6 awards (combined potential value $2.7 million) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $1.7 million in FY2022, $2.7 million in FY2023, and $3.4 million in FY2024 across roughly 6.3 to 7.6 FTEs delivered annually on prime federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold. On those SCI-reportable contracts, government-paid hourly rates ranged from $89.64/hr at the 10th percentile to a median of $159.41/hr, with senior labor reaching $724.15/hr at the 90th percentile. The company operates exclusively as a prime and reports zero subcontractor engagement across SCI-reportable work. Air Resource Specialists was founded in 2002 and has been awarded over 50 prime federal contracts since inception, reflecting sustained market position in federal environmental monitoring and air quality technical services.