Progressive Recovery Inc.

Progressive Recovery Inc., a small-business manufacturer headquartered in Dupo, Illinois, supplies effluent decontamination systems (EDS), thermal tissue autoclaves (TTA), and specialized maintenance, repair, and certification services for high-containment biomedical and agricultural research facilities as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), with most work performed under total small-business set-asides across USDA and NIH customer agencies.

Progressive Recovery operates as a for-profit manufacturer of goods with primary NAICS concentration in metal tank manufacturing (15 awards) and other industrial machinery manufacturing (8 awards). The vendor competes predominantly under small-business set-asides; of the 64 awards in the source portfolio, approximately half carry total small-business set-aside designations, with the balance split between competitive full-and-open and sole-source awards on existing IDIQs. The company manufactures original EDS and TTA equipment and serves as the authorized service provider for these systems across federal research infrastructure.

Customer concentration is acute and centered on USDA agricultural research operations. The USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area accounts for 17 awards with $9.3 million in combined potential value—more than 70% of all dollars—including the most recent award: a $3.048 million firm-fixed-price purchase order (September 30, 2026) for five-year effluent decontamination and thermal tissue autoclave maintenance at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, covering annual certification of 11 EDS units and four TTA units, plus up to 40 hours on-site operational support. The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Construction ranks second with 19 awards but only $1.8 million combined potential value, reflecting smaller, more frequent task orders for annual certification, repairs, and system upgrades at NIH biocontainment campuses (Bethesda, Fort Detrick, and Rocky Mountain Laboratories). The top five customers account for 80% of recent awards and 97% of combined potential value.

Progressive Recovery holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with NIH (75N99024D00009, $650,323.34 ceiling through April 30, 2027) for EDS repair, training, and technical support issued May 1, 2024. Under this vehicle, four delivery orders have been placed: a $191,750 order for software upgrades and control system modernization at NIH's Integrated Research Facility in Bethesda (September 18, 2025, completed February 15, 2026); a $70,000 order for repair and training at Fort Detrick (May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026); a $23,000 order for annual certification at Rocky Mountain Laboratories (January 6, 2026, completed July 5, 2026); and a $72,100 order for repair and training at Fort Detrick (May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027). The vendor also appears on Federal Supply Schedule GS00F05802 and holds a second NIH IDC (75N99018D00021, $193 thousand combined across six orders).

Activity has been variable: nine awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, declining to six in 2024, then modestly recovering to seven in 2025 and five in 2026. Three awards (combined potential value $504 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Combined potential value across the entire portfolio stands at $13 million, with $9.6 million obligated (74% burn rate), reflecting a vendor with stable but maturing customer relationships and recurring maintenance revenue rather than new-system procurements. Representative capability work includes a $1.089 million USDA contract (June 5, 2023) for autoclave temperature mapping, cycle development, and cycle validation at NBAF; a $436,087 contract (August 7, 2023) for batch software upgrade and redundant temperature monitoring on thermal tissue autoclave and EDS systems at NBAF; a $493,020 NASA Johnson Space Center purchase order (September 12, 2022) for a sole-source hydrofluoroether distillation and recovery system for clean-room solvent processing; and multiple USDA awards for spare parts, vent filter cartridges, and component replacements supporting ongoing NBAF operations. The vendor has executed one subcontract role (2% of recent awards): a service upgrade agreement for a PRI EDS-2500S system under a prime (details redacted in source), reflecting minimal sub engagement. Progressive Recovery's competitive posture is anchored to USDA Plains Area and NIH Construction relationships, where recurring maintenance and certification work dominates the footprint and total small-business set-asides recur across approximately 50% of the prime award base.

PRI has established itself as the leading engineering and manufacturing firm specializing in waste processing systems including hazardous and bio-waste materials, and solvent management solutions.