Commonwealth Utilities Corporation

Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC), doing business as CUC, is a public utility provider serving the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) with power, water, and wastewater services across multiple islands including Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Registered with SAM.gov since November 2007 and classified as a Tribally Owned Firm, Tribal Government, Native Hawaiian Organization Owned Firm, Community Development Corporation, Council of Governments, and Indian Tribe (Federally Recognized), CUC supplies essential utility infrastructure and support services to federal facilities and military operations throughout the Pacific region. The company has established itself as a critical infrastructure provider to federal agencies, demonstrating sustained capability in delivering utilities and infrastructure support to military and federal installations.

Through federal contract awards, CUC has provided utility services to support U.S. military and federal operations in the Pacific. The company was awarded two purchase orders by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command in 2025: a $70,000 firm fixed-price contract for utilities services in Saipan (Meter Number 317771561) with completion by July 31, 2026, and a $200,000 firm fixed-price contract for utilities services in Tinian (Meter Number 317771536) with completion by July 15, 2026, both awarded without set-aside designations. CUC has also provided electric utility services through delivery orders under its Army Pacific Command contract, including a $121,938.37 delivery order for 9th Military Support Command utilities in Saipan for calendar year 2025, a $610,630.11 delivery order for Saipan electric services during calendar year 2024, and a $154,738.88 delivery order for electric services during calendar year 2023. Additionally, CUC executed a $13,566.03 definitive contract with the Pacific West Region to connect its water line to the utilities of the AMME facility, completed in October 2024. All contract awards were made without set-aside designations and represent direct procurements for essential utility support to federal facilities.

CUC has been a significant recipient of federal grant funding, primarily from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, focused on critical water, wastewater, and energy infrastructure improvements across the CNMI. Recent grant awards from the Office of Insular Affairs include a $278,000 Project Grant for the Utility Substation Training Program (October 2025 through September 2030), a $300,000 Project Grant for Power Plant 1 SCADA Phase 2 Training and Commissioning (October 2025 through September 2030), a $698,960 Project Grant for the Pre-Pay Meter Conversion Project (October 2025 through September 2030), a $2,497,500 Project Grant for procuring and installing a 2.5-megawatt diesel generator on Rota (October 2025 through September 2030), a $1,162,000 Project Grant for a battery energy storage system in Rota (October 2025 through September 2030), and a $2,500,000 Project Grant for battery energy storage system integration on Saipan (September 2025 through September 2030). EPA funding has supported substantial infrastructure improvements including a $959,752 Cooperative Agreement for granular activated carbon PFAS remediation on Saipan, a $959,752 Cooperative Agreement for design of collapsed underground storage tank remediation at the Sadog Tasi Wastewater Treatment Plant, and multiple large-scale water and wastewater infrastructure improvements totaling over $60 million through various Cooperative Agreements under the Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas program, addressing tank rehabilitation, waterline replacement, wastewater treatment plant upgrades, well rehabilitation, and PFAS treatment systems. Additional grant funding includes a $911,302 Cooperative Agreement for a wastewater treatment analysis and feasibility study for Tinian and Rota, and various Project Grants from Insular Affairs for equipment acquisition and system improvements including automated water read and leak detection systems and jet vac sewer cleaning equipment acquisition. A Department of Energy formula grant for preventing outages and enhancing electric grid resilience was awarded in August 2024 with completion targeted for April 2032.

CUC holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the U.S. Army Pacific Command, contract number W912CN23D0007, valued at $671,693.13 with a ceiling through December 31, 2027. This IDC was awarded on January 1, 2023, and provides electric utility services in support of Army operations, primarily in Hawaii. Under this IDC vehicle, the Army Pacific Command has issued multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders to CUC, demonstrating the flexible nature of the contract in meeting varying electric utility service needs across different locations and time periods. The IDC represents a strategic contracting vehicle that enables the federal government to efficiently procure CUC's essential utility services while allowing CUC to support ongoing military operations in the Pacific region.