Organic Materials Review Institute (Omri)

Organic Materials Review Institute (Omri), a nonprofit organization based in Eugene, Oregon, provides technical research and regulatory analysis on agricultural substances to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a grant recipient under cooperative agreements. Omri operates exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants; the source records no federal contract activity, no subcontract engagement, and no parent vehicles. All 28 federal awards in the source record flow from the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), concentrated in the National Organic Program (NOP) and delivered under the Market Protection and Promotion program (CFDA 10.163).

Omri's federal capability centers on evidence-based technical analysis and substance evaluation for organic agriculture standards. Under successive cooperative agreements from May 2022 through June 2026, Omri authors up to fifteen technical reports per year evaluating substances for the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, supporting the National Organic Standards Board's sunset and petition reviews. A representative recent award, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027, funds $425 thousand for technical report completion, research on material topics, and attendance at regularly scheduled National Organic Program check-ins. Earlier awards from 2023, 2024, and 2025 carried identical scope and deliverables, reflecting a recurring annual cooperative-agreement pattern. Reports produced under these agreements are published on the AMS National Organic Program website and inform regulatory decisions affecting the organic agriculture community.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards fund AMS programs, with the AMS Washington Office accounting for 20 awards ($473 thousand combined potential value). Award frequency has held at approximately one per year since 2022. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling low near-term recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated ($2.6 million) exceed combined potential value ($562 thousand) by a factor of 4.69, indicating that Omri has executed multiple task orders against prior-year agreements and completed work beyond initial-award estimates.