Eastex Environmental Laboratory, Inc.

Eastex Environmental Laboratory, Inc., a woman-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Coldspring, Texas, provides analytical chemistry laboratory services to the federal government as a prime contractor on environmental monitoring programs, with no federal subcontracting activity in recent awards.

Eastex holds a single major prime vehicle: a $27 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract from the EPA's Office of Water, awarded August 3, 2022, running through August 2, 2027. The contract procures analytical chemistry laboratory services supporting the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5), which monitors thirty new chemical contaminants in public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Work is performed at Eastex's laboratory facility in Coldspring, Texas; the originating April 2021 special notice required laboratories to complete UCMR 5 Laboratory Approval Program certification, including proficiency testing for required analytical methods. Four task orders have been issued against the $27 million ceiling to date. Task Order 1 ($447,150) was awarded August 19, 2022 and completed February 18, 2024. Task Order 2 ($1.52 million) was awarded July 24, 2023 with completion on January 23, 2025. Task Order 3 ($983,875) was awarded June 26, 2024 with completion scheduled for December 25, 2025. Task Order 4 ($603,400) was awarded August 7, 2026. All delivery orders are firm fixed-price with no socioeconomic set-aside designation and carry combined obligation of $2.5 million against the $27 million potential value.

Customer concentration is absolute: the EPA Office for Water accounts for 100% of Eastex's recent prime contract awards ($30.6 million combined potential value). The vendor also holds sub-recipient relationships with the Texas General Land Office on the Texas Beach Watch FY 2025 grant program and with EPA Region 6 on environmental consulting and drinking water program support work. Eastex competes in a full-and-open posture across all awards; SBA certifications (woman-owned and small disadvantaged business) are present but do not drive set-aside designations in the recorded award history.

SCI-reported invoicing shows $2.3 million in federal service-contract revenue across FY2023–FY2025, with FTE staffing ramping from 3.4 FTEs in FY2024 to 6.8 FTEs in FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on Eastex's SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a median of $207.72/hr to a 90th percentile of $296.54/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, sub-hours share was 0%, indicating Eastex performs laboratory work with its own staff and does not engage subcontractors on these delivery orders. Award activity has been episodic — one award in 2019, two in 2022, one in 2023, five in 2024, and one in 2026 — but the $27 million IDIQ structure with a 2027 completion date anchors the vendor's multi-year EPA footprint.

Water and Wastewater Analytical Laboratory specializing in wet chemistry, metals, and organics testing. Drinking water collection and testing.