Benzinga | Sep 1, 2020 09:17AM EDT

Tetra Tech Wins $68M US EPA Superfund Contract

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK), a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Tetra Tech a single-award, seven-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for $68 million to provide technical and advisory services in EPA Region 8 for the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START V).

Tetra Tech will provide broad scientific and technical support services under START V to assist EPA in protecting human health and the environment, in response to man-made and natural emergencies and disasters. 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 environmental specialists will apply digital data capture and advanced analytics to accelerate the compilation and analysis of information for use by decision-makers.

"Tetra Tech has supported EPA's START program for 25 years and currently provides technical support in 29 states and the District of Columbia," said Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech Chairman and CEO. "Our Leading with Science(r) 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."