Earth Resources Technology, LLC

Earth Resources Technology, LLC, doing business as Entarian, is a woman-owned small business based in Greenbelt, Maryland, that delivers Earth observation, satellite operations, geospatial data processing, and environmental science services to the federal government predominantly as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The vendor operates across NOAA's civilian Earth-science and weather-satellite missions, Army Corps of Engineers environmental remediation and geospatial work, and emerging multi-domain defense programs, with no consistent small-business set-aside posture — recent awards split between full-and-open and total small business designations.

NOAA dominates Earth Resources Technology's customer footprint with acute concentration. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 76% of all awards, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at 476 awards valued at $23.18 billion in combined potential value — roughly 22% of the vendor's total $104.8 billion pipeline. The second- and third-place customers are Army Corps of Engineers districts (Baltimore and Louisville combined: 80 awards, $644.7 million), with NASA Langley, GSA Federal Acquisition Service, and the Treasury Internal Revenue Service rounding out the set. Dollar concentration diverges significantly from volume: Treasury IRS represents only 2 awards but carries a $4 billion potential value, signaling a small number of large modernization awards rather than sustained operational work. NOAA's dominance is structural — the vendor holds a $74.5 million single-award IDIQ for NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation running through February 2029, a $699.6 million single-award IDIQ for legacy satellite ground systems operations and maintenance (referenced across multiple task orders), positions on NOAA's $8 billion ProTech 2.0 - Satellite Domain multiple-award IDIQ, and single-award BPA relationships with NOAA's National Geodetic Survey against the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. Outside NOAA, the vendor recently entered the Department of Defense and Missile Defense Agency space: it holds a seat on the $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ awarded December 2025 for multi-domain defense systems engineering and research, and also holds a position on OASIS+ Unrestricted (no dollar ceiling specified in the source), the General Services Administration's government-wide services IDIQ effective through April 2030.

Named representative work illustrates the breadth and dollar scale of the NOAA relationship. In March 2026, the vendor received a $88.5 million delivery order for program management, systems operations and maintenance, and product operations through March 2029 (firm fixed price), and a $98.1 million time-and-materials delivery order for sustainment support through the same date, both drawn from an unnamed NOAA parent IDIQ. In August 2024, under ProTech 2.0 - Satellite Domain (total small business set-aside), the vendor received a $30.7 million time-and-materials delivery order for sensor science and cross-cutting technology research and development through September 2029. In March 2024, the vendor received incremental funding modifications totaling roughly $13 million across three task orders supporting NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation (time and materials, total small business set-aside): one for restoration center operations ($8.2 million through March 2027), one for Deepwater Horizon habitat restoration support ($3.3 million through March 2027), and one for National Marine Fisheries Service operations and management ($2.0 million through March 2027). These orders self-performed all labor with no subcontractor engagement and derived government-paid hourly rates ranging from $72.11 to $76.65 per hour. The vendor also performs search-and-rescue satellite operations and maintenance support under NOAA's ProTech Services Solution IDIQ ($28.9 million ceiling, awarded September 2022, ultimate completion March 2027), which grew from $120 thousand invoiced in FY2022 (0.7 FTEs) to $6.1 million in FY2024 (24.6 FTEs) at derived rates from $82.66 to $120.03 per hour. Climate Prediction Center supplemental scientific support (awarded July 2022, $10 million potential value through June 2027, woman-owned small business set-aside) invoiced $639 thousand in FY2023 and $1.5 million in FY2024 at flat rates around $84 per hour.

Army Corps of Engineers work centers on environmental site remediation and geospatial engineering. The vendor holds awards from the Baltimore and Louisville districts spanning remediation services (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act site work), community outreach, and geospatial surveying and data stewardship. Individual awards tend to be smaller — the Baltimore district Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site community outreach contract was $455 thousand (completed September 2022) — but the district relationships are persistent and the combined dollar value substantial ($644.7 million combined potential across 80 awards).

Outside the government contract portfolio, the vendor acts as a sub-recipient under two University of Maryland Baltimore County GESTAR II grant awards (September 2025 and May 2023) for biosphere measurements, modeling, and research support services performed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The vendor also serves as a named subcontractor on two NOAA science-support task orders managed by Consolidated Safety Services Incorporated and Riverside Technology Inc., performing precipitation climate data record operations, maintenance, and stewardship for NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 captures $303.9 million in SCI-reportable prime invoicing — not the vendor's total federal revenue but a view of contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and excluding goods, products, classified work, and non-federal revenue. Invoiced volume grew from $75.3 million in FY2022 (380 FTEs) to $120.9 million in FY2024 (659 FTEs), reflecting year-over-year expansion in NOAA operational support and satellite systems work. Government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $60.53 per hour to a 90th percentile of $216.67 per hour (median $84.68/hr), with rates varying by task specificity and seniority. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor self-performed roughly 89% of contractor hours, engaging an average of 11% sub-hours share with 88 total named subcontractors over the three-year period — signaling a mixed delivery model where the vendor builds most of its own delivery teams but leans on specialized subs for data processing, remote sensing analysis, and environmental consulting. GSA Multiple Award Schedule labor offerings span 43 categories at rates from $38.59 per hour (Admin Assistant I, high school education) to $182.25 per hour (Project Manager, bachelor's, eight years' experience), with mid-range geospatial and technical roles at $80–$133 per hour; no security-cleared positions are offered on the schedule.

Activity trajectory shows volatility and concentration risk. Awards per year declined from 10 in 2024 to 5 in 2025 and 2 in 2026 (though 2026 is a partial year), reflecting recompete or task-order execution cycles rather than sustained growth. Over the next twenty-four months, eighteen awards with combined potential value of $467.2 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete exposure — a material share of the vendor's near-term contract value. The March 2029 completion dates on the two large NOAA delivery orders ($88.5 million and $98.1 million combined) fall just outside the twenty-four-month window but anchor a 2028–2029 recompete cliff for this vendor and its competitors. The vendor competes on full-and-open vehicles (OASIS+, SHIELD, ProTech 2.0) as well as NOAA set-asides, positioning it to pursue both small-business and unrestricted opportunities; the recent awards do not reveal a dominant set-aside posture, though woman-owned small business designations appear on a subset of NOAA task orders.