EQM Services, LLC

EQM Services, LLC, an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business based in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) delivering environmental remediation, demolition, abatement, and site preparation services to federal civilian agencies under 8(a) certifications. The company is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and competes predominantly under 8(a) sole-source and full-and-open set-asides, with recent work anchored to Department of Interior and Environmental Protection Agency contracts valued in the tens of millions.

EQM's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward infrastructure and environmental remediation customers. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office dominates by potential value—six awards carrying $228.8 million combined potential value (representing 72% of the portfolio's combined potential value)—driven largely by the National Multiple Award Demolition Contract vehicle, which accounts for ten task orders totaling $36.3 million. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 represents the second major customer by both count and dollars: seven awards worth $49 million combined potential value, anchored by a single-award 8(a) sole-source indefinite-delivery contract awarded April 23, 2024, with a $19.6 million ceiling for environmental remediation at the Newton County Mine Tailings Superfund Site in Iola, Kansas. EPA Region 3 contributes a $23.3 million definitive contract for the Havertown Groundwater Treatment Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Together, these five customers account for 72% of awards and 99% of combined potential value; the concentration signal is strong on dollars, with a single Interior customer dominating the ceiling value.

EQM's vehicle position centers on the National Multiple Award Demolition Contract (Department of Interior), where it holds ten task orders totaling $36.3 million, and agency-specific indefinite-delivery contracts with EPA Regions 7 and 3 for environmental remediation work running through 2028. Recent representative capability work includes the $19.6 million EPA Region 7 Newton County Mine Tailings IDIQ awarded May 1, 2024, covering environmental remediation, analytical testing, surveying, site restoration, and equipment rental at Operable Units 1 and 2; a $23.3 million EPA Region 3 definitive contract for environmental systems protection and groundwater treatment facility remediation at Havertown, Pennsylvania (awarded September 29, 2023); a $6.3 million Department of Interior delivery order for abatement and demolition at Shiprock Administrative Reserve (awarded September 19, 2023); and a $3.2 million Department of Interior delivery order for demolition of excess facilities at Yosemite National Park (awarded September 11, 2026).

Award activity has contracted in recent years: eight awards in 2021, five in 2022, three in 2023, and three in 2024, with only one award appearing in 2026. Three awards with combined potential value of $25.3 million face ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and represent immediate recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing grew sharply from $2.1 million in FY2022 to $25 million in FY2025, with workforce scaling from 9.3 FTEs in FY2022 to approximately 37 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting the ramp-up of the Newton County and Havertown contracts. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $201 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $497 per hour and entry-level work at $73 per hour. Subcontractor hours represented 9 percent of contractor effort across prime contracts, with eight named subcontractors supporting environmental and demolition work; notably, the Newton County Mine Tailings contract carried 12 percent subcontractor-hours share in FY2025, with subcontractors including Own, Inc. (surveying), Als Laboratory Group (analytical testing), Olympus America Inc. (XRF equipment rental), RFB Construction Co Inc. (seeding and hydro mulching), and several equipment vendors.

EQM's corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries—Eqms-Bem JVII, LLC and Eqms-Bem JV, LLC—both Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged businesses. The parent, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, carries parallel ownership designations and holds broader federal contracting capability across industrial services, positioning EQM within a larger Alaska Native enterprise footprint.