RTI Laboratories Inc.

RTI Laboratories Inc. (doing business as RTI Laboratories), a minority-owned small business based in Livonia, Michigan, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) providing environmental and materials testing services—chemical and geotechnical analysis, water and sediment sample analysis, materials failure analysis, and non-drinking water quality monitoring—to federal agencies across civilian and defense portfolios. The company is a Subchapter S corporation and a child entity of SGS North America Inc., a foreign-owned parent.

RTI Laboratories' customer concentration centers on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey. By award count, 61% of recent awards cluster within five customers, led by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Buffalo (126 awards, $9.2 million combined potential value), followed by Engineering District Louisville (78 awards, $5.9 million), the Navy's Military Sealift Command (38 awards, $8.1 million), Engineering District Detroit (41 awards, $3.2 million), and Engineering District Huntington (34 awards, $4.2 million). By potential value, however, the ranking shifts significantly: the USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants dominates with 26 awards carrying $50.5 million combined potential value, followed by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Kansas City (32 awards, $13.9 million). This divergence reflects RTI's large, multi-year IDIQ commitments with USGS and several Army Corps districts against a higher volume of smaller task orders within the Buffalo district. RTI holds six primary indefinite delivery contracts totaling approximately $40 million in ceiling value across agencies running through 2029: a $25 million single-award IDIQ with USGS for chemical and geotechnical analysis (total small business set-aside, through December 31, 2029); a $7.5 million multiple-award BPA with Army Corps of Engineers for analytical laboratory services (through December 1, 2029); a $4.6 million single-award IDIQ with the Defense Health Agency for non-drinking water sample analysis (total small business set-aside, through September 27, 2029); a $3.15 million single-award IDC with Military Sealift Command for materials failure analysis on diesel engine components (through December 5, 2028); and smaller vehicles with the Bureau of Reclamation ($760,000, through September 30, 2029) and other Corps districts.

Capability work spans water and sediment analysis, chemical and geotechnical testing using over 100 EPA and standardized analytical methods, environmental compliance and quality assurance, materials and component failure analysis for naval vessels, non-drinking water testing, and environmental remediation support. Representative recent work includes a $2.0 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Defense Health Agency (awarded September 28, 2024, through September 27, 2029) for non-drinking water sample analysis supporting military installations; a $1.946 million delivery order from USGS (February 10, 2026) for chemical and geotechnical analysis at the Livonia facility; and recurring task orders with Military Sealift Command (averaging tens of thousands of dollars) for failure analysis on naval vessels—paint samples, fuel valves, engine components, and structural assemblies from the USNS Arrowhead, Zeus, Humphreys, Button, John Bobo, and other TAO-class ships. Place of performance is primarily Livonia, Michigan, with some analytical work performed on-site or in field locations to support Army Corps district projects across the Great Lakes and Mississippi River regions.

RTI's award activity has been cyclical across the past five years—seven awards in 2022, rising to fourteen in 2023, sixteen in 2024, thirteen in 2025, and four in 2026 (through the source date of October 15, 2026)—reflecting the episodic nature of environmental remediation and vessel maintenance task orders. Two awards (combined potential value $1.3 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing RTI to minimal recompete risk in the near term given its multi-year IDIQ footprint. RTI performs a small subcontract role under CDM Federal Programs Corporation on the Mclouth Steel Superfund Site remedial investigation and environmental engineering support, contributing analytical laboratory services. The company's NAICS concentration sits with Testing Laboratories and Services (457 of 516 awards), followed by Engineering Services (46 awards) and Remediation Services (2 awards), reflecting a capability portfolio tightly bound to environmental laboratory operations. Across competitive posture, RTI splits between full-and-open delivery orders (the majority of task orders under USGS and Army Corps IDIQs) and total small business set-aside awards, with set-asides recurring across USGS, DHA, and select Army Corps vehicles.