“In this time of unprecedented disruption for our nation’s small businesses, it is more important than ever to recognize our outstanding small business support.â€Â said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “I am proud of our effective staff efforts that will ensure our partnership with small businesses remains strong and vibrant.â€
For the past 30 years, EPA has hosted the Administrator’s Small Business Program Awards ceremony to celebrate EPA’s small business support and accomplishments. This year, in accordance with existing national guidance due to the global COVID-19 public health emergency, the agency is celebrating these awards virtually through this press release.
EPA is continuing to build on its record of excellence in furthering small business contracting opportunities, scoring an “A†over the past decade on the Small Business Procurement Scorecard that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administers. In this current fiscal year, EPA has already awarded over 36 percent (approximately $260 million) of its contracting dollars to small businesses, almost twice as much as the 23 percent statutory small business contracting goal.
For example, EPA’s Office of Water awarded its first enterprise-wide small business contract. The Office of Water developed this inaugural strategic small business program contract to increase small business opportunities while helping maximize the efficiency of EPA operations. Contracts were awarded to four small businesses:  Avanti Corporation (Alexandria, Va.); Great Lakes Envrionmental Center, Inc. (Traverse City, Mich.); Horsely Witten Group, Inc. (Sandwich, Mass.); and SC&A, Inc. (Arlington, Va.). The total value of this contract is up to $16.7 million.
The agency is also continuing to provide a comprehensive suite of resources and networks to help strengthen small business environmental and compliance performance, while reducing regulatory burden. Information on those resources is available here. Based on the agency’s regulatory and compliance assistance efforts, EPA has earned a grade of “A†in the last 13 Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the National Ombudsman Annual Reports to Congress.
Recipients of the Administrator’s 30th Annual Small Business Program Awards For Fiscal Year 2019
Administrator’s Small Business Program Awards
Award for Outstanding Direct Procurement Program Achievement
Office of Water Small Business Vehicle Workgroup
Jezebele Alicia
Vince Allen
Ifeyinwa Davis
Damon Highsmith
David Hincks
Angela Lower
Lisa Mitchell-Flinn
Matthew Growney
Joe Jackson
Marion Kelly
Steven Moore
Venus Weaver
Jefferey Herrema
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Small Business Trade Association or State Small Business Environmental Assistance Provider in Providing Technical Assistance to the
Small Business Community
Wisconsin’s Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
Lisa Ashenbrenner Hunt and Renee Lesjak Bashel
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Small Business
Lally Consulting, LLC
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Woman Owned Small Business
Clawson Excavating, Inc.
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
Veterans Worldwide Sales and Services, LLC
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a HUBZone Contractor
A & M Engineering and Environmental Solutions, Inc.
OSDBU Director’s Awards
Office of Mission Support
For Exceeding the Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Goals
Office of the Administrator
For Exceeding the Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business,
Women Owned Small Business, and HUBZone Goals
Office of Research and Development
For Exceeding the Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, HUBZone
and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Goals
Region 7
For Exceeding the Small Business, Service Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone
and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Goals
