BioSolve® Company Wins Contract with New York City Transit Authority

The BioSolve® Company (TBC) manufacturers and distributors of the leading hydrocarbon mitigation agent(TM), BioSolve® and BioSolve® Pinkwater® has recaptured an eighteen month supply agreement to provide pallet quantities of BioSolve® Pinkwater to the New York City Transit Authority (MTA).

Lexington, MA – The BioSolve® Company (TBC) manufacturers and distributors of the leading hydrocarbon mitigation agent(TM), BioSolve® and BioSolve® Pinkwater® has recaptured an eighteen month supply agreement to provide pallet quantities of BioSolve® Pinkwater to the New York City Transit Authority (MTA). Pinkwater is a water-based biodegradable wetting agent and surfactant formulation. It is used by MTA for cleaning greasy and oily parts in dip and spray wash tanks.

MTA has been procuring BioSolve® Pinkwater for surface cleaning and parts cleaning since 2006. The 2010 procurement was won by a competitor of TBC; however, The BioSolve® Company was successful in recapturing the contract in 2011.

The BioSolve® Company also supplies Pinkwater to the Fire Department of New York for use by FDNY’s Haz Mat Division. Another BioSolve® customer in the municipal transit segment is Washington Metro Area Transit Authority. BioSolve® Pinkwater is also purchased regularly by several major interstate railroad lines.

BioSolve® Pinkwater is the leading hydrocarbon mitigation agent. The product has been sold into a broad range of industrial applications for over 30 years, and is now available through master distributors on a world-wide basis.

The primary applications for BioSolve® Pinkwater are in soil remediation, industrial cleaning and emergency response.

BioSolve® products have been used by professionals for over 30 years to:

  • suppress flammable vapors at work sites and fuel spills,
  • remediate soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, and
  • decontaminate industrial equipment and fuel storage tanks.

BioSolve® is a proprietary, water-based, biodegradable formulation of surfactants and performance additives that work together to provide unique functionality:

  • encapsulating and emulsifying hydrocarbons.
  • solubilizing sludge
  • suppressing harmful odors and vapors.