Essinem LLC

Essinem LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Hayes, Virginia, provides specialized compost construction, windrow management, and site decontamination services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services as a prime contractor, operating entirely in full-and-open federal contracting with no recurring set-aside posture — though two of fourteen recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations.

Essinem is a for-profit limited liability company structured as a woman-owned business. The vendor's capability portfolio centers exclusively on emergency disaster relief and infectious-disease outbreak remediation, specifically Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) response services. The company builds and manages compost windrows — both indoor and outdoor construction — develops indoor composting facilities for disposal of contaminated poultry and associated materials, and performs site decontamination at agricultural operations affected by avian influenza. Representative work includes a $319,749 firm fixed-price purchase order for construction and turning of compost windrows indoors in Coopersville, Michigan (awarded April 27, 2024), a $278,883 contract for compost windrow provision at Duplin County, North Carolina (awarded February 20, 2024), and a $211,882 contract for indoor composting facility construction at Gratiot 02 in Michigan (awarded May 5, 2024). Three recent Pennsylvania contracts — totaling $614,538 across compost build and decontamination services at Lancaster and Lititz sites — were awarded between February 24 and March 3, 2026, and all carry completion dates in March and April 2026.

Customer concentration is absolute: all fourteen prime awards derive from APHIS Veterinary Services within the Department of Agriculture, accounting for 100% of awards and the full $2.3 million combined potential value. Essinem competes directly against APHIS, without parent vehicles or broader federal vehicle positioning — no GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs appear in the source. The vendor operates as a pure prime, with zero subcontract footprint.

Activity shows recent momentum growth after a 2023–2024 lull. The company received five awards in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and three in the first quarter of 2026. All fourteen awards are fully obligated (100% of combined potential value), with purchase-order contract types and firm fixed-price structures. Two awards completed in early 2024; the remainder show completion dates between April and December 2025, with the three most recent Pennsylvania contracts completing by April 8, 2026. Essinem has built a narrow but stable customer relationship with APHIS Veterinary Services since its SAM.gov registration in November 2022, positioning itself as a specialized operational-response contractor for national animal health emergencies.