Bahr Electric, LLC

Bahr Electric, LLC is a small business based in Sparta, Wisconsin that provides electrical and telecommunications infrastructure services to the U.S. federal government. The company specializes in outside cable plant installation, maintenance, and upgrades for military installations, particularly focusing on copper and fiber optic cabling systems. Bahr Electric has been registered to receive federal contract awards since September 2007 and is structured as a for-profit limited liability company.

Through its federal prime contract awards, Bahr Electric has performed a wide range of electrical and communications infrastructure projects, primarily for the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region. These projects include installing single mode and copper cable, fiber optic splicing, cable rerouting, communications upgrades, and maintenance of outside plant assets at locations such as Fort McCoy and other Army bases in Wisconsin. Specific work has involved upgrading feeder cables for buildings, repairing and installing roadside cable plants, relocating copper cables, and upgrading infrastructure to support IT modernization efforts. Award values have ranged from approximately $1,700 to $131,000. Bahr Electric has also performed work as a subcontractor on at least one Army Corps of Engineers project, providing electrical services under prime contractor Relyant Global LLC.

Bahr Electric holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region, awarded in February 2021 as a total small business set-aside. This IDC, valued at $2.4 million, is for installation of copper and fiber optic outside cable plants at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin through February 2024. Under this vehicle, Bahr Electric has received numerous firm-fixed price delivery orders for cable infrastructure projects at Army installations. The work supports the Installation Management Command's ongoing facilities modernization and communications infrastructure sustainment efforts across its bases. Task order requirements have included cable relocation, rerouting, splicing, building new feeder cables, and general infrastructure upgrades to support Army communications systems.