Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS)

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville established this Master IDIQ for Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS) on August 25, 2014, with a shared ceiling of $2.5 billion. The vehicle is closed to new orders as of February 24, 2020, and the most recent task order was awarded November 16, 2020. This vehicle is no longer active for new procurements.

Task order activity peaked in 2016–2018 (71–84 orders annually) and declined sharply thereafter, with only eight orders awarded in 2020. The portfolio holds 366 total task orders with a combined potential value of $1.42 billion; $1.19 billion (84% of combined potential) has been obligated. UMCS work spans heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; direct digital controls (DDC); Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA); fire alarm and life safety systems; utilities metering (electric, gas, water); and electronic security systems worldwide.

Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, LLC dominates the prime contractor base, holding 72 orders valued at $364.1 million in combined potential value. Siemens Government Technologies Inc., Williams Electric Co Inc., Spectrum Solutions Inc., and Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. are the other major players, collectively with the top five firms capturing 68% of combined potential value. Activity is not heavily concentrated by vendor count—14 distinct primes have won awards—but Johnson Controls and Siemens hold outsized value shares.

The customer base is heavily concentrated with the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville placing 281 orders ($859.3 million combined potential value), representing 77% of all task orders. The Department of the Army proper placed 24 orders ($158 million), and regional Installation Management Command offices account for smaller shares. Roughly 88% of orders funded Army customers.

Set-asides are predominantly unrestricted. No set-aside work comprises 255 orders (70% of the portfolio). Partial and total small business work together account for 111 orders (30%), with total small business holding 46 orders (13%). Representative task orders range from approximately $600,000 (direct digital control retrofits, fire alarm upgrades) to mega-orders such as the Fort Bragg HVAC and UMCS upgrade series at $8–18 million and preventive/corrective maintenance contracts at Edgewood Chemical & Biological Center and Adelphi Laboratory Center ($32–38 million potential value). Place of performance is worldwide, including domestic installations, overseas Army garrisons (Germany, Korea, Italy), and Navy and Marine Corps facilities.

Utility Monitoring and Control Systems (UMCS) for Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning Systems to include chiller/boiler systems installation and/or integration, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems, and other Automated Control Systems including fire alarm and life safety, utilities (electric/gas/water) metering and electronic security systems worldwide.