First Environment Inc.

First Environment Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Butler, New Jersey, delivers environmental consulting, engineering, and scientific services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 174 recent awards spanning environmental assessment, remediation, archaeological surveys, hazardous materials management, water resource testing, and facility compliance work. The vendor operates entirely as a prime (100% of awards); it maintains SDVOSB and veteran-owned small business certifications and competes across set-aside and full-and-open contract vehicles.

First Environment's customer base concentrates heavily on Army Corps of Engineers work. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 68% of recent awards: the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New York leads with 59 awards ($11.5 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers broadly (32 awards, $26.8 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (12 awards, $1.1 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (9 awards, $689 thousand), and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Central Office (7 awards, $1.3 million). The potential-value rankings diverge notably: the Corps of Engineers Engineering District Charleston, which holds only 2 awards in the dataset, anchors $30 million in combined potential value — a recompete exposure signal for a single large vehicle. The Corps broadly and the GSA Federal Acquisition Service round out the top five by potential value. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, First Environment invoiced $4.7 million in FY2024 across 4.3 FTEs; the SCI dataset covers a narrow slice of the vendor's total federal activity and excludes goods, micro-purchases, and sub-awards. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran a median of $361.68/hr, with senior labor pricing through $505.69/hr.

The vendor's three primary contract vehicles span different agency vehicles and geographies. The $12 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New York (awarded July 21, 2023, set-aside SDVOSB through July 20, 2028) has generated 52 task orders worth $9.3 million combined potential value for environmental and cultural resources work across New York and New Jersey. A second indefinite delivery contract, W912DS18D0007, has issued 44 task orders valued at $9.1 million — this vehicle also appears to be Army Corps-based. First Environment holds a $3 million GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (awarded January 10, 2025, multiple-award through January 9, 2030) covering three Special Item Numbers: Environmental Consulting Services, Environmental Remediation Services, and Professional and Management Development Training, with labor rates ranging from $53.28 to $179.98/hr and training course pricing between $1.77 thousand and $1.97 thousand. This schedule vehicle has generated 35 task orders ($12.4 million combined potential value) from VA and other agencies. A $250 thousand Blanket Purchase Agreement with Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region (awarded February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2029) rounds out the top vehicles.

Recent representative prime work includes a $1.39 million SDVOSB delivery order from the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District New York (June 4, 2025) for remote sensing survey services supporting the Sea Bright to Manasquan Inlet Coastal Storm Risk Management and Erosion Control Project in Monmouth County, New Jersey; a $1.07 million SDVOSB delivery order from the VA Office of Construction and Facilities Management (August 19, 2024) for environmental due diligence studies and NEPA support for major construction projects at four VA Medical Centers (St. Cloud, Manchester, North Little Rock, Nashville); a $663 thousand total small business definitive contract from Army Materiel Command (September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2027) for environmental sampling and site investigation at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama, including semi-annual groundwater sampling and RCRA permit reporting; a $6.32 million SDVOSB sole-source definitive contract from the VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick (September 27, 2021) for environmental, social, and governance information consulting and analytics for the VA's Legacy program; and a $541 thousand SDVOSB delivery order from the Army Corps of Engineers for an Environmental Condition of Property Report related to the Black River Biomass Plant closure at Fort Drum, New York (September 18, 2024, extending through February 28, 2028).

Activity has accelerated in recent years. The vendor received 9 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 16 in 2025, with 2 awards recorded so far in 2026. Twenty-two awards (combined potential value $8.4 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, posing a moderate recompete cliff. First Environment's award portfolio is concentrated in NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) and PSC Special Studies/Analysis categories, reflecting its core delivery focus on site assessments, compliance support, and infrastructure-related environmental work. The vendor operates as a wholly owned parent with one named subsidiary, Fe-Ct JV, LLC, a joint venture entity also designated as SDVOSB and veteran-owned; the corporate structure suggests capacity for teaming arrangements on larger federal work, though the current award footprint shows zero subcontracted activity.

First Environment provides environmental management and engineering services throughout North America.