DOS Residential Generators IDIQ 2015-2018

The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations established this Master IDIQ for generator and transfer-switch procurement supporting Foreign Service Officer residences and other agency housing at overseas posts; the ordering period closed June 29, 2018, and the vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The vehicle carries a $35 million shared ceiling and funded 155 task orders between February 2016 and December 2018, with all $9.6 million of combined potential value fully obligated. Ordering momentum accelerated in the final three years—42 orders in 2016, 48 in 2017, and 65 in 2018—before the ordering period expired. The vehicle supported only the Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations as a customer; all 155 orders carried unrestricted (non-set-aside) designations.

Competition among primes was minimal. Colorado Standby, LLC captured 69 orders worth $4.9 million combined potential value, while Alban Tractor, LLC held 67 orders for $3.4 million, and PD Systems, LLC received 19 orders for $1.3 million. These three firms accounted for 100 percent of task-order activity, with the two largest primes holding roughly equal portfolios by order count but Colorado Standby leading by dollar value.

Task orders ranged from single generator deliveries to multi-location, multi-unit buys. Representative orders from 2018 included delivery to Cairo ($326,763), Port au Prince ($239,004), and Tegucigalpa ($237,616), as well as smaller individual placements ranging from roughly $13,000 to $191,000. Orders typically specified firm-fixed-price generators and transfer switches tailored to post electrical standards (220V/110V, 380V/220V, 415V/240V configurations). Work was geographically dispersed across dozens of Foreign Service posts worldwide, spanning Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

The U.S. Department of State (DoS) Utility Management (UM) is a program organization under the auspices of the Facilities Management Division within the Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Building Operation Bureau (OBO). One such program function under UM provides generator and related accessory funding for residences occupied by full-time Foreign Service Officers stationed at a post, for the Marine Guard house and other agency residences assigned to a post location. This process is governed by organizational policies which designate the UM Program as the responsible Department of State (DOS) organization for sizing all generators and providing post with the necessary assistance and guidance for the procurement and installation of the generators.