Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Fire Protection MAC NAVFAC Southeast

Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded this five-year Master IDIQ on September 26, 2019, for design-build and design-bid-build fire protection installation, repair, and renovation services at Department of Defense facilities within NAVFAC Southeast's area of responsibility. The vehicle's ordering period closed on September 25, 2024, and the contract is no longer accepting new task orders.

The contract carries a $99 million combined ceiling with no set-aside restrictions. Task orders range nominally from $150 thousand to $9 million, though the source permits orders outside this band at government discretion. Through September 2025, 14 task orders have been awarded with a combined potential value of $39.7 million against the vehicle ceiling, with $38.3 million (96 percent) obligated. Ordering momentum accelerated in 2024 (4 orders) after a slower 2020–2023 period (1 order in 2020, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2023), with 2 additional orders in 2025 after the official ordering window closed.

Scope spans the full range of fire protection systems: wet, dry, pre-action, and deluge suppression systems; water supplies including fire pumps and underground mains; foam systems (aqueous film-forming and high expansion); gaseous agents (carbon dioxide and clean agents); fire alarm detection and mass notification; and life safety renovations including penetration fire stopping and fire door replacement. Recent task orders emphasize fire alarm and mass notification system replacement and upgrades at Navy and Marine Corps installations.

Competition is highly concentrated. Milton J. Wood Fire Protection, Inc., holds 6 of 14 awards (43 percent by count) representing $29.7 million in combined potential value (75 percent of total). Eagle Fire Inc. holds 5 awards (36 percent) for $6.6 million (17 percent), and Wolverine Fire Protection Co holds 2 awards for $3.4 million (9 percent). Customer funding is dominated by Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command (64 percent of combined potential value across 9 orders), with smaller volumes from Navy Installations Command, Navy Information Warfare Systems Command, Navy Atlantic Fleet Forces Command, and United States Marine Corps.

All 14 task orders carry unrestricted, firm-fixed-price structures with no set-aside designations.

Work to be performed will primarily consist of fire protection installation or repairs (new construction and renovations) with professional engineer design capabilities. Work will include but is not limited to: 1) fire suppression systems (wet, dry, pre-action, wet chemical, deluge); 2) water supplies (fire pumps, tanks and underground water mains); 3) low and high expansion foam (aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) systems, high expansion foam system, releasing systems, underground containment systems, and surface containment systems); 4) gaseous agents (carbon dioxide and clean agents); 5) special hazards protection; 6) fire alarm systems (detection, reporting, and mass notification); and 7) life safety system renovations (penetration fire stopping, fire door replacement, fire wall repairs).