Chemtica USA LLC

Chemtica USA LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Sherman, Texas, supplies specialized pest detection and monitoring equipment—traps, pheromone lures, and related chemical agents—to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company operates as a for-profit limited liability corporation and competes primarily on USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) single-award and multi-award indefinite delivery contracts.

Chemtica's customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 88% of recent awards by count, with USDA APHIS PPQ alone representing 92 awards (66% of the total footprint) and $6.3 million in combined potential value—97% of Chemtica's entire federal revenue base. Within APHIS PPQ, the company supplies green multi-funnel wet traps, purple prism traps with tanglefoot, milk carton traps, bucket traps, and five-component Lobesia Botrana pheromone lures for detection and monitoring of invasive agricultural pests including the European grapevine moth and Asian longhorned beetle. Secondary customers include USDA Forest Service regional offices (R1-Northern, R6-Pacific Northwest) and a smaller APHIS Marketing and Regulatory Programs division. Fourteen distinct federal agencies appear in the portfolio, but the next five customers combined account for only 12% of awards and 3% of potential value.

Chemtica holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its APHIS PPQ work: a $650,000 five-year IDIQ (September 2024 through September 2029) for mixed traps and pheromone supplies under total small business set-aside, and a $450,000 five-year IDIQ (August 2024 through August 2029) for Lobesia Botrana five-component lures with no set-aside designation. The company executes task orders and purchase orders against these vehicles and against older multi-year IDIQs (AG6395C130104, AG6395C140062, AG6395C170008, and 12639524D0026) that carry the bulk of historical volume. Representative recent work includes a $108,600 delivery order for Lobesia Botrana lures (May 2026), a $19,500 purchase order for 12-funnel green traps (June 2026), a $13,412.50 Forest Service purchase order for verbenone pouches in support of Rocky Mountain Research Station pest monitoring (May 2026), and a $21,850 purchase order for 1,500 purple prism traps (March 2025).

Activity has averaged four to nine awards per year over the past five years, with only two awards recorded in 2025 and three in the first half of 2026, suggesting a potential slowdown in recent ordering cadence. The recompete cliff presents minimal near-term risk: only two awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $128,000. Chemtica operates no subcontractor relationships and receives no sub-awards; the company is a pure prime manufacturer. The footprint maps to pesticide and agricultural chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325320) and pest control agent procurement (PSC 6840 Pest Control Agents and Disinfectants), with secondary exposure in plastics fabrication and miscellaneous chemical specialties. The vendor does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts or multi-agency IDIQs; all vehicles are USDA single-agency or single-award arrangements.

Production of insect pheromone Lures; insect attractant lures and traps for agriculture use; forestry use and health related insect pests.