Copperhead Environmental Consulting Inc.

Copperhead Environmental Consulting Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Paint Lick, Kentucky, provides environmental consulting, NEPA documentation, biological surveys, natural resource management, and invasive species control to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The vendor operates predominantly full-and-open on GSA Schedule and Blanket Purchase Agreement vehicles; recent awards split across Total Small Business set-asides and unset-aside competition, with no recurring use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other SBA certifications.

Copperhead's customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top five customers account for 63% of recent award count and 96% of combined potential value. USDA Forest Service dominates both metrics — the Southern Region (R8) leads award volume with 88 awards worth $20.9 million combined potential value, while the Washington Office Acquisitions function anchors dollar value with three awards worth $50.4 million (driven primarily by the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA). The Eastern Region (R9) places 22 awards worth $23.1 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office sits second by potential value with six awards worth $36.4 million, reflecting Copperhead's $30 million BPA for national planning and NEPA services signed in August 2023 against the Multiple Award Schedule. The Army Corps of Engineers (14 combined awards across divisions) and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service complete the active customer set.

Copperhead's capability portfolio centers on environmental documentation and compliance work. Concrete representative examples include a $231,200 BPA call from the Forest Service Southern Region for forest restoration and spongy moth salvage operations at Massanutten Forest (completion August 2028); a $1.9 million BPA call from FEMA Region 8 for project management and professional services supporting Hurricane Helene recovery efforts under the Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (completion June 2031); a $678,545 purchase order from the Forest Service Eastern Region for non-native invasive species and timber stand improvement treatment at Shawnee National Forest (completion December 2026); a $293,377 delivery order from the Forest Service Northern Region for the Kootenai Over-Snow Motorized Use Project NEPA Environmental Impact Statement; and multiple botanical surveys, bat acoustic analysis, and wetland delineation projects for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. The vendor has also received a four-year federal grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA not specified, awarded October 2023, ultimate completion September 2027) for Indiana bat and gray bat conservation research across Tennessee and Mississippi. On the GSA Schedule, Copperhead offers 19 labor categories spanning technician through principal scientist roles, with hourly rates from $57.45 (technician, high school education) to $224.43 (principal scientist, bachelor's degree with 15 years experience); no security-cleared positions are offered.

Copperhead holds three major indefinite-delivery vehicles. The $50 million Forest Service Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (awarded March 2023, completion March 2033) is a single-award vehicle supporting professional services, natural resources restoration, engineering, and project management across the agency nationwide. The $30 million Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management national planning and NEPA services BPA (awarded August 2023, completion August 2028) against the Multiple Award Schedule is a multiple-award vehicle available to all Department of the Interior agencies. Copperhead also holds a $4.7 million Mark Twain National Forest vegetation management IDIQ (awarded September 2021, completion September 2026) and a $2.5 million Daniel Boone National Forest vegetation management IDIQ (awarded August 2021, completion June 2026), both regional single-award contracts with the Forest Service Eastern Region set aside for small business. Most task orders flow through the Multiple Award Schedule (35 task orders, $39.5 million combined potential value) and agency-specific BPAs rather than government-wide vehicles.

Activity has been declining year over year — 18 awards in 2022 to five in 2026 (first half) — with nine awards (combined potential value $4.1 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete pressure. SCI-reported federal services invoicing reached $656 thousand in FY2023 (1.8 FTEs) and dropped to $45 thousand in FY2024 (0.1 FTEs), reflecting the vendor's reliance on government-paid fixed-price delivery orders and the sparsity of large service contracts in the reportable range. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Copperhead subcontracted an average of 14 percent of hours to a single named subcontractor, indicating primarily in-house delivery with selective subcontracting on specialized work.

Copperhead operates almost entirely as a prime contractor; the source identifies only two sub-awards: aerial photography services for the Nolin Lake capacity study under CDM Federal Programs Corporation (July 2025) and bat surveys under EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc. (November 2023). The vendor's award portfolio shows consistent engagement with Forest Service and Interior regions and BLM across the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest, with place-of-performance scattered across Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, California, and other states reflecting the geographic dispersion of federal land management work.

Copperhead Consulting provides professional environmental research and environmental compliance services to private corporations and government agencies.