Air Force Awards Up to $9.9 Million for Hazard Removal at Hill AFB
Environmental Abatement Inc. received a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to strip asbestos, lead-based paint and heavy metals from buildings at Hill Air Force Base through January 2034.
LAYTON, UTAH — Environmental Abatement Inc., a small-business contractor, received a ceiling $9.9 million Air Force contract to strip asbestos, lead-based paint and other hazards from buildings at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, as announced on war.gov.
The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award covers removal of asbestos, lead-based paint, heavy metals, animal excrement and related sampling and inspection work, the Air Force Sustainment Center said in its daily contract digest. Performance is expected to finish by Jan. 19, 2034. The contract drew two offers in a competitive acquisition. The Air Force obligated fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance funds of $250 at the time of award.
Environmental Abatement Inc.traces its roots to a company organized in 1988 to contract for structural demolition, asbestos removal and other environmental hazard work, according to environmentalabatementinc.com. Federal records list the awardee as a Layton, Utah, firm established in 2000 that has won 68 federal prime awards totaling $5.8 million across two agencies, the Defense Department and the Agriculture Department, according to govintel.ai. Prior awards to the firm at Hill Air Force Base include an asbestos abatement task valued at $576,000, according to govintel.ai.
The stakes fall to airmen and civilian workers who occupy the base’s older structures. Removing asbestos and lead-based paint cuts exposure to materials tied to respiratory disease and cancer, safeguarding the people who use those buildings. The contractor gains a multiyear revenue stream, while the Air Force secures a single vendor able to answer abatement needs across the installation and its outlying sites.
Hill Air Force Base ranks among Utah’s largest employers and serves as the Air Force’s logistics and sustainment hub for aircraft and missiles. Buildings dating to the mid-20th century often contain asbestos insulation and lead paint, the kind of legacy hazards this contract targets.
Manufacturers prized asbestos for fire resistance before health authorities linked it to asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. That history explains why the military pays specialized firms to strip the material under strict controls rather than leave it in place.
For the average reader, the award shows how the Pentagon spends operations and maintenance money on unglamorous upkeep that keeps federal facilities safe and functional. Taxpayers fund the ceiling amount only as the government issues specific task orders, committing money in increments rather than all at once.
This contract is the first award to Environmental Abatement Inc.in 2026, and it ranks as the seventh Defense Department contract in Utah this year, according to firestore:contracts records. The award falls well below the firm’s record contract of $57.1 million. It was one of 10 Defense Department contracts announced nationwide on August 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM ET.
This kind of award has happened before at Hill. The company has performed repeated asbestos abatement tasks at the base under earlier indefinite-delivery arrangements, according to govintel.ai. The new ceiling consolidates that recurring work into one long-running vehicle.
The Air Force Sustainment Center at Hill Air Force Base will decide when to issue individual task orders under the contract. A schedule for the first order has not been announced.
Hazard removal at military installations has drawn federal attention for decades. Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act in 1986, tightening rules on how firms identify and remove asbestos. Those laws reshaped a demolition and remediation industry that grew alongside them, and firms that adapted to the stricter standards, like the one now working at Hill, built durable federal practices on the back of that regulatory shift.
This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to Environmental Abatement Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $9,900,000. It is also the 7th Department of Defense contract awarded in Utah during 2026. While this is not the largest contract ever awarded to Environmental Abatement Inc., whose record stands at $57,142,857, it is notable within the Air Force portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Air Force portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $17 and maximum of $5,600,000,000. Overall, this award was announced among 10 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on August 6, 2026.
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