Colorado Springs Utilities

Colorado Springs Utilities, a municipal utility and U.S. government entity based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, supplies electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, and energy management services to federal installations as a prime contractor and grant recipient, with 99% of recent awards in the prime role and no set-aside designations applicable to government entities.

Colorado Springs Utilities operates as the primary utility provider for Fort Carson, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and other federal facilities across the Colorado Springs region and Southwest Installation Management Command footprint. The vendor's federal award portfolio spans 614 total awards with combined potential value of $817.1 million and obligated dollars of $491.3 million (60% of potential). The top three customer agencies account for 93% of awards: the Department of the Army leads by volume (382 awards, including 57 from Fort Carson and 48 from Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region carrying $676.3 million in combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Air Force (46 awards, with the Air Force Academy accounting for 8 awards worth $85.5 million), and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (41 awards, including 2 carrying $50 million in combined potential value). The dollar concentration is acute — the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region and the Air Force Academy together represent approximately 83% of combined potential value, whereas the Fort Carson sub-command, despite 57 awards, carries only $675 thousand.

Colorado Springs Utilities holds two significant IDCs issued in 2026: a Department of Energy single-award IDC with a $50 million ceiling running through April 2036 for electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, and energy management services in Colorado Springs, and a Defense Commissary Agency delivery order for natural gas and electric utilities at the Air Force Academy with a $1.935 million ceiling extending through June 2036. The vendor's top parent vehicles are two internal IDCs (GS00P87BSD0001 with 174 task orders and GS00P96BSD0399 with 41 task orders carrying $162.9 million combined potential value) plus a third IDC (GS00P96BSD0007 with 153 task orders). The NAICS and PSC footprint reflects pure utility operations: Electric Power Distribution (110 awards), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (63 awards), and Natural Gas Distribution (59 awards) dominate the category concentration, with PSC codes Utilities-Gas (211 awards), Utilities-Electric (192 awards), and Utilities-Water (150 awards) accounting for the bulk of work.

Colorado Springs Utilities has received four federal grants as prime recipient since 2023, all supporting infrastructure modernization and sustainability. Two grants from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration under the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization program (CFDA 20.708) totaling $10.3 million support pipeline repair and rehabilitation through April 2030. A Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grant funds electric undergrounding at the Air Force Academy (completion December 2027). A Bureau of Reclamation Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects grant from June 2023 (completion June 2025) supports installation of 570 ultra-high-efficiency toilets in affordable housing properties to reduce water costs for low-income customers. Colorado Springs Utilities also serves as a sub-recipient on two grant awards: an American Public Power Association subaward for industrial control systems cybersecurity deployment (December 2025) and a Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration subaward for fiber-to-premises last-mile broadband serving 229 underserved addresses in Weld County and the City of Colorado Springs (July 2024). Activity shows three awards in 2025 and two in 2026; only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $8 million.