Hazardous Materials Institute LLC

Hazardous Materials Institute LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Auburn, California, provides permit-required confined space rescue services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor under Total Small Business and small business set-asides. The firm is a limited liability partnership structured as a for-profit organization, operating under NAICS 561990 (All Other Support Services).

The vendor's entire federal footprint centers on the Bureau of Reclamation's Northern California Area Office. Hazardous Materials Institute holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded April 7, 2025, with a $650,000 ceiling and five-year performance period running through March 16, 2030. The BPA covers confined space rescue services across five power plants in Northern California — Shasta, Keswick, Spring Creek, JF Carr, and Trinity — with individual task orders capped at $25,000. The vendor must maintain a three-person rescue team equipped with self-contained breathing apparatus and specialized rescue equipment, available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Compensation follows Department of Labor wage determinations for confined space rescue operations, and all work complies with federal OSHA regulations.

Since the BPA award in April 2025, Hazardous Materials Institute has received four BPA calls under the agreement from Bureau of Reclamation, valued between $2,799 and $13,995 per call. Representative work includes confined space rescue team deployment at Shasta Dam for specific valve locations (January, March, and April 2026 calls at $2,799 each) and rescue services during biennial inspections at Trinity Power Plant Units 1 and 2 (February 2026 call at $13,995). Combined potential value across all five awards is $672 thousand, with only $22 thousand obligated to date. The vendor has no subcontract relationships and no parent contract vehicles beyond the single Bureau of Reclamation BPA. Activity trajectory shows one award in 2025 and four in 2026, all with the same customer agency.