Utility Monitoring and Control Systems Fifth Generation (UMCS-V)

The Utility Monitoring and Control Systems Fifth Generation (UMCS-V) is a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville. The contract provides comprehensive utility infrastructure, building automation, and facility modernization services to federal agencies, with a total contract ceiling of $2.1 billion. Scope of work encompasses procurement, installation, maintenance, and service of complex building systems including Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), fire alarm systems, electronic security systems, utility metering, and various automated control systems for military installations and other government facilities domestically and internationally.

Task orders under this IDIQ consistently demonstrate a pattern of firm-fixed-price delivery orders ranging from approximately $250,000 to $44 million, with performance periods typically spanning 2-5 years. Frequent prime contractors include Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems (foreign-owned), Spectrum Solutions (small business), Chinook Systems (woman-owned small business), M.C. Dean, Inc., and Siemens Government Technologies. Common funding agencies are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, Army Installations Command, and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. Performance locations are predominantly U.S. military bases, including significant overseas locations in Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Most task orders do not utilize set-aside designations, though some small business and woman-owned small business contractors have been awarded contracts, reflecting the vehicle's openness to diverse contractors.