Pasadena’s Tetra Tech Wins $68 Million U.S. EPA Superfund Contract

Pasadena-based consulting and engineering services firm Tetra Tech Inc. has won a single-award, seven-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for $68 million to provide technical and advisory services for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 for the agency’s Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START V) program.

EPA Region 8 covers the Mountains and Plains region and serves the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 28 Tribal Nations.

Under the contract, Tetra Tech will provide broad scientific and technical support services to assist EPA in protecting human health and the environment, in response to man-made and natural emergencies and disasters, a company statement said.

Tetra Tech will perform services including field surveys, contingency planning, Superfund and brownfields site assessments, human health and ecological risk assessments, data management, and mapping.

Tetra Tech’s environmental specialists will also apply digital data capture and advanced analytics to accelerate the compilation and analysis of information for use by decision-makers, the statement continued.

“Tetra Tech has supported EPA’s START program for 25 years and currently provides technical support in 29 states and the District of Columbia,” Tetra Tech Chairman and CEO Dan Batrack said. “Our ‘Leading with Science’ approach and extensive experience supporting emergency preparedness and response activities enables us to provide EPA the advanced analytics that supports planning for and response to man-made and natural disasters.”

Headquartered in Pasadena, Tetra Tech Inc. has over 20,000 associates working to provide high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. Contracts with the government and the private sector provide solutions to complex problems related to water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

For more information, visit www.tetratech.com.