The Northbridge Group, Inc.

The Northbridge Group, Inc., doing business as Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants, is a minority-owned (Subcontinent Asian-Indian American) for-profit environmental consulting firm based in Westford, Massachusetts that operates as a prime contractor on EPA water infrastructure programs, competing predominantly in open market (non-set-aside) federal procurements with selective Total Small Business set-aside participation. The firm holds a dominant position on EPA's Office of Water consulting work, delivering technical assistance, financial training development, transaction testing, information management, and management studies for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs under the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule vehicle.

Northbridge's federal footprint is heavily concentrated. The EPA's Office for Water funds 26 awards representing $123 million in combined potential value (86% of the total portfolio), while the GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for one award (a $20 million parent BPA) and the EPA headquarters contributes 27 smaller awards totaling $180 thousand. This concentration reflects a strategic focus on a single federal mission: supporting states' administration of low-interest municipal water infrastructure financing programs. Recent prime work includes a $3.05 million Total Small Business set-aside BPA call for Clean Water State Revolving Fund technical support (award date September 30, 2026, performance through September 29, 2029), a $1.04 million time-and-materials call for financial training workshops and tool development (October 30, 2024), a $926.9 thousand call for a management study of Tennessee's CWSRF and DWSRF programs (October 24, 2024), and a $837.9 thousand call for 2026 State Revolving Fund transaction testing (August 27, 2026). All work is performed on a time-and-materials basis under BPA call orders with performance locations primarily in Kansas City, Kansas and Westford, Massachusetts.

Northbridge holds two parent BPAs under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule: a newly awarded $15 million single-award Total Small Business BPA for SRF program support (effective May 1, 2026, completing April 30, 2031) and an expiring $27 million multiple-award BPA established November 1, 2022 (concluding October 31, 2025). The firm has issued 43 task orders totaling $63.8 million in combined potential value under the Multiple Award Schedule vehicle. Across SCI-reportable service contracts, Northbridge invoiced $3.8 million in aggregate federal revenue from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2025 reaching $1.4 million across 4.7 FTEs — a trajectory of growth in the past twelve months. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts range from a 10th percentile of $136.95 per hour to a median of $145.89 per hour, with senior labor reaching $179.19 per hour at the 90th percentile, positioning the firm in mid-market pricing for EPA consulting labor. Northbridge's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 14 categories, from Technical Analyst at $91.64 per hour to Practice Director 1 at $265.98 per hour, with all roles requiring a bachelor's degree and no security-clearance requirements.

The vendor operates as a primary deliverer rather than a feeder subcontractor: 95 percent of recent awards are prime contracts (52 of 55), with only 3 subcontract awards under Tetra Tech for nonpoint source technical assistance. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 1 percent of total contractor hours, indicating near-total self-delivery. Northbridge's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (26 awards) and Environmental Consulting Services (5 awards), with corresponding PSC strength in Environmental Systems Protection—Water Quality Support (25 awards) and Support—Professional categories. Activity volume has fluctuated: 1 award in 2022, 8 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 (as of the source snapshot date). Within the next twenty-four months, five awards totaling $3 million combined potential value face ultimate completion, presenting recompete opportunity. The firm's federal award portfolio spans from a first award in March 1998 to the most recent award on September 30, 2026, demonstrating nearly three decades of EPA water infrastructure consulting presence.