Environmental Restoration LLC

Environmental Restoration LLC, a Fenton, Missouri-based environmental remediation contractor operating as a for-profit limited liability company, is a federal prime contractor delivering emergency response, hazardous waste management, contaminated site cleanup, and environmental remediation services across eight EPA regions and multiple federal agencies as the single-award holder of major indefinite delivery contracts. The company operates predominantly as a prime contractor (100% of awards) under total small business set-asides across its core EPA vehicles, competing full-and-open on smaller task orders issued by other federal agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Environmental Restoration LLC's customer concentration is extreme and regionally structured. The top five customer agencies account for 63% of award count; EPA Region 5 (Great Lakes) anchors the dollar portfolio with $1.65 billion across 427 awards, while EPA Region 3 carries $1 billion across 204 awards. EPA Region 7 (four-state Midwest footprint covering Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) contributes $634.5 million across 417 awards, and EPA Region 8 (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) delivers $748.4 million across 447 awards. The Drug Enforcement Administration places high-frequency, low-dollar purchase orders ($2.9 million combined across 365 awards, averaging under $8,000 per order) for facility-level environmental restoration work. This concentration reflects the company's architectural position as a single-award emergency response contractor rather than competition on open vehicles.

The company's capability portfolio is tightly bounded to environmental emergency and remedial services. SCI-reportable work (service contracts above $150,000) shows $262 million invoiced across FY2022–FY2024, delivered by 145–171 FTEs annually. Median government-paid rates ran $249.63/hr, with senior labor pricing through the 90th percentile at $1,042.12/hr and entry labor at the 10th percentile around $113.35/hr. The company brings no subcontractor engagement—0% sub-hours share across SCI-reportable primes—indicating it builds and staffs its own delivery teams rather than partnering. Named work demonstrates this: mercury and lead remediation across multiple sites; oil and chemical spill response (including Smitty's Supply Fire in EPA Region 6, ceiling $35.4 million for emergency response and wildfire environmental mitigation); mine tailings excavation and residential yard cleanup in the Missouri Lead District; vapor intrusion mitigation system installation; and groundwater contamination treatment. The company also holds three named subsidiaries (AME JV LLC, Environmental Restoration Group LLC, and Er-ERRG JV LLC), which appear to be joint-venture vehicles rather than separate operating entities with distinct capabilities.

Vehicle position and recompete exposure. Environmental Restoration LLC holds the single-award EPA Region 7 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) VI IDIQ ($134.2 million ceiling, total small business set-aside, through November 16, 2030), providing 24/7 emergency response across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The company was awarded a position on the Great Lakes National Program Office Remediation and Restoration Services II (GLNPO-RRS II) multiple-award IDIQ ($960 million ceiling, total small business set-aside, through January 14, 2029) on January 15, 2025. A second major vehicle, the Region 4–6 ERRS V contract, places Environmental Restoration LLC alongside other small business awardees on a government-wide emergency response vehicle serving EPA Regions 4, 5, and 6; the company has issued 158 task orders under this vehicle generating $170.4 million in combined potential value. The company also holds a blanket purchase agreement with the Air National Guard ($225,000 ceiling, emergency spill response, through June 22, 2028). In the next 24 months, 149 awards (combined potential value $252 million) reach ultimate completion, creating recompete pressure on the EPA Region 7 ERRS VI contract and multiple Region 4–6 ERRS V task order completions.

Activity trajectory shows recent deceleration. Awards per year dropped from 200 in 2022 to 47 through mid-2026 year-to-date, driven by the timing of parent contract expirations and recompete cycles rather than market loss. The company has executed 3,141 total awards (3,131 prime, 10 sub) with $7.07 billion combined potential value since 2001, obligating $1.46 billion (21% realization rate, typical for IDIQs with option periods and multi-year funding). Awards per year ranged 114–200 in recent cycles, suggesting the vendor is in a recompete transition phase—the GLNPO-RRS II award in January 2025 signals successful recompete on that vehicle, but EPA Region 7 ERRS VI option-period execution and regional ERRS V task order activity will determine near-term volume.

Teaming and subcontractor footprint. Environmental Restoration LLC operates as a prime contractor almost exclusively; only 10 of 3,141 awards are sub-awards, and the SCI data shows 0% sub-hours engagement. Named subcontracting relationships in the source appear infrequent: the company subcontracted on work for EA Engineering (Bonita Peak Mining District water treatment, December 2025) and Environmental Quality Management Inc. (SoCal Wildfires FEMA response, February 2025), suggesting the company may pursue sub work when emergency declarations or specialized equipment demand exceeds internal capacity. The vendor's federal footprint is built on direct labor and owned equipment, not supply-chain partnerships.

Federal agency footprint spans EPA regions 1–8 and 10, the Drug Enforcement Administration (facility environmental support), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes oil boom management, $626.7 million East Chicago contract), and the Air National Guard (spill response). EPA dominates: 2,053 awards across 8 regions with $4.83 billion combined potential value. The DEA's 365 micro-purchases amount to relationship sustainment rather than revenue concentration. The Army Corps' Lake George contract (November 2026 completion) is the only non-EPA major award in recent history, suggesting Environmental Restoration LLC has optimized for EPA emergency response rather than diversifying into other federal remediation customers.

Set-aside posture is uniformly small business set-aside at the IDIQ level: the ERRS VI and GLNPO-RRS II vehicles both carry total small business designations, as do most EPA regional ERRS contracts. Individual task orders vary—many Regions 4–6 ERRS V orders carry total small business set-aside, while EPA Region 3 and Region 1 awards show mixed set-aside and no-set-aside task orders under the same parent vehicle. The company does not appear in HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or 8(a) certifications in the source data; its identity is anchored to "small business" under the total small business set-aside definition (likely $7.5–$8 million size standard under NAICS 562910, Remediation Services). Competition occurs predominantly under set-asides; full-and-open awards are infrequent and typically micro-purchases from civilian agencies (DEA) where the company is an incumbency contractor rather than a new awardee.