Environmental Quality Management, Inc.

Environmental Quality Management, Inc., doing business as E Q M and a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (an Alaska Native Corporation), provides emergency response, environmental remediation, hazardous waste management, and site restoration services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across multiple EPA regions and the Department of Defense. The company is a minority-owned small disadvantaged business certified under the Alaskan Native Corporation program, based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

EQM operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor—over 99% of its recent awards are prime contracts and IDIQs—with the remainder routed through subcontracting relationships with larger primes such as EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC. The company's federal portfolio spans 2,386 awards valued at $15.69 billion in combined potential value, concentrated in environmental remediation work across EPA regions (Regions 4–10) and the Air Force. Activity has remained relatively stable year over year, with 39–52 awards annually from 2022 through 2026. About 39 awards (combined potential value $76.9 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure.

EQM's capability footprint centers on concrete environmental services: time-critical removal actions at Superfund and contaminated sites, mercury and petroleum spill cleanup, asbestos remediation, hazardous waste transportation and disposal, emergency response to wildfire and disaster incidents, lead remediation, and long-term site operations and maintenance. Representative prime work includes a $20.2 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from EPA Region 7 (December 2023) for lead and uranium mine remediation at the Cherokee County Superfund site in Baxter Springs, Kansas, extending through March 2027; a $40.2 million delivery order from EPA Region 9 (January 2025) for 2025 Southern California wildfire emergency response and removal, with $75.7 million in unused funds subsequently deobligated; a $24.1 million delivery order from EPA Region 9 (August 2023) for 2023 Maui fire remediation; and a $7.6 million delivery order from EPA Region 5 (February 2023) for emergency response at the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site. Smaller recurring task orders under EPA ERRS IDIQs address mercury spills ($25,000–$200,000), contaminated soil excavation, and site assessment walk-throughs at individual contaminated properties.

Customer concentration is pronounced and EPA-dominated. The top five EPA regional offices (Regions 5, 6, 9, 10, and the national EPA agency) account for 73% of awards by count and 86% of combined potential value. EPA Region 5 (Great Lakes region) leads with 410 awards valued at $1.26 billion; EPA Region 9 (California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Pacific Islands) follows with 331 awards at $1.12 billion. By potential value, the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command anchors the portfolio with six awards valued at $10.01 billion, driven primarily by a single $244.7 million multiple-award BPA for fence-to-fence environmental services across Air Force installations (awarded November 2023, extending through November 2028). This concentration reflects EQM's established position as an EPA-focused environmental contractor with strategic Air Force presence but minimal exposure to other civilian or defense agencies.

EQM holds seat on multiple major IDIQ vehicles. The EPA Region 5 Emergency and Rapid Response Services V (ERRS V) contract, a $287.1 million multiple-award IDIQ established January 2022 and extending through January 2027, accounts for the highest task order volume on a single vehicle (410+ orders, all time-and-materials emergency response and site remediation across the Great Lakes region). The EPA Region 9 ERRS VI contract, valued at $259.7 million and awarded May 2024 through May 2029, carries a Total Small Business set-aside and has generated 21+ delivery orders for wildfire response, Superfund cleanup, and emergency removal. The EPA Region 10 ERRS contract, a $189.2 million single-award vehicle awarded September 2025 through September 2028, supports time-and-materials emergency response across Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and tribal territories. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center BPA ($244.7 million, multiple-award, November 2023–November 2028) under GSA MAS enables fence-to-fence environmental services at Air Force installations. The EPA Region 7 Tri-State Lead MATOC ($350 million, Total Small Business set-aside, August 2025–August 2030) positions EQM for lead remediation work across the tri-state region. These vehicles anchor EQM's rapid-deployment capacity for emergency and planned environmental remediation.

Service Contract Inventory data (FY2022–FY2024, prime contracts only) shows invoiced federal services revenue of $80.7 million across the reported window—$15.4 million in FY2022 (17.0 FTEs), $15.7 million in FY2023 (38.4 FTEs), and $49.6 million in FY2024 (65.7 FTEs). The FY2024 spike reflects mobilization for large-scale disaster response (2025 Southern California wildfires, East Palestine remediation, and ongoing Superfund projects). Median government-paid rates on federal services contracts run around $325/hr, with a wide spectrum from $17.15/hr (10th percentile field technician) to $3,200+/hr (90th percentile senior technical roles); this spread reflects the mix of labor-intensive site work and specialized remediation engineering. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors perform approximately 5% of total contractor hours, indicating EQM builds and retains substantial in-house delivery capacity while leveraging specialized subs (such as United Rentals for equipment, Clean Harbors for hazardous waste, Republic Services for disposal, and Tetra Tech for engineering) for targeted inputs. GSA Schedule labor portfolio includes 23 active categories spanning Field Technician Jr. ($59/hr) through Program Manager ($195.60/hr), with education levels from high school to bachelor's degree and no security clearance requirements, reflecting the non-classified nature of environmental remediation work.

EQM operates within the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation corporate structure, which is a large Alaskan Native Corporation with federal contracting across defense, civilian, and energy sectors. The parent company umbrella positions EQM to access corporate resources and bid larger vehicles as a subsidiary entity. A named subsidiary, EQ & CH Remediation, appears in the corporate structure but carries minimal independent award activity in the source data. The company's primary competitive posture is non-set-aside (most awards carry no small business designation despite EQM's minority and small disadvantaged business certifications), signaling established competitive standing among larger environmental contractors and demonstrated win rates in full-and-open procurements. The company's market position has strengthened through high-profile disaster response work (wildfire remediation, East Palestine train derailment), sustained presence on EPA regional ERRS IDIQs, and a growing Air Force relationship, positioning it as a critical environmental contractor for federal emergency and planned cleanup operations.

Founded in 1990, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM) is a leading environmental consulting, stack testing, remediation, and construction company providing expertise in engineering and environmental compliance to industrial, public, and government sectors.