Hepaco LLC

Hepaco LLC, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based environmental and emergency services firm, operates primarily as a prime contractor providing oil spill response, hazardous chemical incident mitigation, aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) cleanup, and environmental remediation services to federal agencies on a full-and-open basis without small business set-asides. The company competes predominantly as a prime (77% of recent awards) and subcontracts to larger defense contractors on ship maintenance and environmental remediation work.

Hepaco's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 151 awards (43% of the award count) and $12.3 million in combined potential value—representing the vast majority of Hepaco's federal footprint. The top five customers by award count include the Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (60 awards, $165 thousand), the Department of the Air Force's Air Combat Command (17 awards, $3.9 million), EPA Region 5 (16 awards, $170 thousand), and the Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Command (14 awards, $3.5 million). When ranked by potential value, the Air Force and Navy climb in importance; Air Combat Command ranks second at $3.9 million, and Naval Facilities Engineering Command ranks third at $3.5 million. The Coast Guard dominates both metrics, accounting for 74% of combined potential value across the top five customers.

Hepaco holds three primary Coast Guard indefinite delivery vehicles: a $3.99 million Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA HSCG8415AP00023) with 31 task orders and $1.4 million combined potential value, a $3.99 million Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA 70Z08420GP0006400) with 39 task orders and $845 thousand combined potential value, and a contract vehicle (HSCG8410A500008) with 28 task orders and $551 thousand combined potential value. Additional vehicles include a $1 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Air Combat Command for emergency oil spill response and hazardous effluent cleanup at Langley Air Force Base (running through February 2028) and a $249,999 single-award BPA with Air Force Materiel Command for emergency spill remediation (awarded December 2025, through November 2030). Recent representative prime awards include a $622,033.99 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Coast Guard in September 2023 for AFFF deluge mitigation at Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina; a $950,000 firm fixed-price contract from Naval Facilities Engineering Command in August 2023 for AFFF cleanup at Naval Station Norfolk; and a $489,719.53 firm fixed-price definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command in July 2022 for E-2 aircraft crash response in Accomack County, Virginia. The most recent prime award was a $15,000 time-and-materials delivery order from the Coast Guard on September 12, 2026, for oil spill and hazardous chemical incident mitigation in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Activity has been volatile: 16 awards in 2022, jumping to 51 in 2023, declining to 31 in 2024, recovering to 37 in 2025, and falling to 7 through September 2026. Only one award with a combined potential value of $15 thousand reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio has accumulated $28.2 million in combined potential value across 349 total awards since 1995, with $27.6 million obligated (98% of potential).

Hepaco operates as a subcontractor to larger defense and environmental services primes, most prominently BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk on Navy ship maintenance and modernization work (Direct Subcontract Costs modifications across USS Laboon, USS Vicksburg, USS Nitze, USS Mitscher, and USS Stout, among others) and Environmental Quality Management on EPA Region 5 Emergency Response and Recovery Services (ERRS V) task orders for hazardous site remediation, including work at the American Lead Site ($1 million), Blue Creek Oil Spill Site ($1.083 million), Sebring Industrial Plating ($500 thousand), and Sandusky Abrasives ($500 thousand). Hepaco also subcontracts to Huntington Ingalls on ship recycling and overhaul work and to AECOM and URS Group on superfund and hazardous remediation projects. The sub engagement shows 20.6 FTEs reported across SCI-reportable subcontract work in FY2025 on environmental response contracts, reflecting substantial labor deployment on large environmental restoration and emergency response programs. The vendor's core competency—field mobilization for time-sensitive environmental mitigation, spill containment, and hazardous materials handling—makes it a valued sub to both maritime ship-maintenance primes and environmental remediation integrators managing federal cleanup programs.