Rinko & Associates, LLC

Rinko & Associates, LLC Rescue Division is a for-profit limited liability company registered to receive federal contract awards since 2007. It provides specialty chemical supplies and laboratory analysis services to federal agencies like the International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico.

Through prime contracts directly with the International Boundary and Water Commission, Rinko & Associates has provided laboratory analysis of crude glycerin samples from the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant in Arizona under fixed-price contracts. It was awarded a $40,281 definitive requirements contract in 2020 for these analysis services, set aside for small businesses, with a 5-year performance period. Rinko & Associates also received a $189,727 firm fixed price requirements contract in 2020, set aside for small businesses, to supply and deliver calcium hypochlorite granular chlorine to the same wastewater treatment plant through May 2023. Prior to these contracts, in 2019 the company was awarded a $9,018 delivery order from the Commission for similar crude glycerin analysis services, procured through full and open competition without preferential set-asides. The company's prime contract work centers on providing specialized chemical supplies and analytical testing services critical to operating the infrastructure and facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border overseen by the International Boundary and Water Commission.