Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc.

Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc., a Cincinnati-based, SBA-certified women-owned small business, operates as a prime contractor (99% of awards) delivering archaeological surveys, cultural resource management, and endangered species assessments to federal land management and defense agencies. ESI competes predominantly under total small business and women-owned small business set-asides, with a recurrent WOSB designation across prime work.

ESI's capability portfolio centers on three concrete service lines: archaeological and cultural resource surveys (Phase I inventories, heritage assessments, site documentation); endangered species and habitat surveys (particularly bat acoustic analysis, mist netting, mussel population monitoring, and bumble bee surveys); and environmental compliance support (NEPA documentation, biological assessments, curation services). Representative work includes a $2.577 million firm fixed-price BPA call with the U.S. Forest Service Region 8 for Hurricane Helene recovery project management and professional services in North Carolina (awarded June 2026, completion June 2031); a $778.307 thousand cultural resources survey spanning 30,000 acres in support of Hurricane Helene response across North Carolina (awarded December 2025, completion December 2027, set aside for total small business); a $646.715 thousand archaeological survey contract with the Forest Service R8 for the Timber 101 project in North Carolina (awarded August 2023, completion July 2025); and a $548.415 thousand Blooming Rose Arch survey contract for the Mark Twain National Forest (awarded September 2024, set aside total small business).

Customer concentration is steep and dominated by natural resource agencies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accounts for 49 awards valued at $47.5 million (30% of combined potential value), with the Forest Service R8 (Southern Region) contributing 29 awards at $24.3 million and R9 (Eastern Region) adding 20 awards at $19.7 million. The top five customer agencies account for 70% of awards by count and 93% of combined potential value. The Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions holds the single largest vehicle — the $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA (LMIR), a single-award vehicle with ultimate completion March 2033 — from which ESI executes the majority of Forest Service task orders. The Corps of Engineers IDC W912EK16D0010 ($925 thousand across 24 task orders) and W912EK22D0009 ($1.1 million across 21 task orders) anchor the second and third largest parent vehicles by order count.

ESI holds five named IDVs totaling at least $60.9 million in combined ceiling. Beyond LMIR, these include a $7.5 million multiple-award Forest Service R8 BPA for archaeological and cultural heritage services (awarded December 2021, completion December 2026); a $1.7 million single-award U.S. Army Corps indefinite delivery contract for natural resource investigations in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (awarded November 2021, completion April 2027); a $1 million multiple-award Department of the Army BPA for ecological services across the Mississippi River Basin (awarded May 2025, completion May 2030); and a $900 thousand single-award Forest Service R9 historic preservation BPA (awarded February 2023, completion February 2028). Recent activity spans 166 total awards across the last five fiscal years, with consistent volume of 16–20 awards annually through 2025 (5 awards recorded to date in 2026 as of the source snapshot).

Thirteen awards with combined potential value of $2.2 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in Forest Service and Corps of Engineers task order renewals. Activity trajectory has been flat to slightly declining; the source shows 20 awards each in FY2024 and FY2025, with a sharp drop to 5 recorded for FY2026 year-to-date, though this reflects the source snapshot date of July 15, 2026.

Federal grant work is subordinate to contract volume. ESI acts as a recipient (not sub-recipient) on six cooperative agreements and project grants from the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service for bat and bumble bee conservation and survey work. Notable grants include a cooperative agreement with USFWS Region 4 for Fort Jackson Military Installation bat surveys under endangered species act compliance (awarded May 2024, completion October 2026); cooperative agreements with USFWS Region 5 and Region 4 for mussel surveys and Ozark big-eared bat research (awarded April and October 2024 respectively); and multiple project grants from USFWS Region 3 for rusty patched bumble bee surveys, habitat restoration planning, and identification workshop delivery across the Great Lakes watershed (awarded May and June 2023, completion December 2024–2025).

SCI-reported invoiced revenue captures only $464 thousand in FY2024 across 2 prime records with 4.6 FTEs, reflecting the reporting threshold floor and ESI's predominant reliance on task-order work under IDV vehicles that may not trigger individual SCI reporting. On SCI records, median government-paid rates run around $24.33 per hour, with rates spanning $4.87 to $43.79 per hour; the wide band reflects mix of field labor and senior specialist roles. ESI delivers virtually no subcontractor hours on SCI-reportable primes (0% sub-hours share), building all delivery teams in-house. The vendor holds one named sub award — a September 2025 design task order under HDR Engineering for Theodore Roosevelt National Park road construction scoping and design work — representing negligible sub exposure.

WOSB and total small business set-asides recur across the prime footprint; the majority of both BPA calls and delivery orders under larger IDVs carry set-aside designations, making federal set-aside procurement and small business compliance a core operational posture. ESI's federal contract vehicle strategy centers on sustained presence under the Forest Service LMIR platform, the Corps' multiple bio and cultural resource IDIQs, and the Army's ecological services BPA, positioning the vendor as a recurring provider to these agencies for specialized environmental consulting in the Southeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Mississippi River regions.

With more than 21 years of experience providing exceptional cultural and natural resource services, Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc. seamlessly merges real-world field expertise, scientific acumen, and comprehensive knowledge of the regulatory framework to effectively assist clients balance societal needs with environmental conservation and enhancement of natural and cultural assets.