Herlong Public Utility District

Herlong Public Utility District, operating as HUC, provides domestic water supply and wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services to the Federal Correctional Institution Herlong as the sole local municipal utility provider, serving as a prime contractor on 114 full-and-open federal awards with no set-aside designations.

HUC is a local government-owned utility entity headquartered in Herlong, California, and structures entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The vendor operates under NAICS 221310 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems) and 221320 (Sewage Treatment Facilities), with nearly all work falling under PSC codes for utilities—water and utilities other. No competitive set-asides apply to HUC's federal footprint; all awards reflect its status as the essential infrastructure provider for federal operations in the Herlong region. HUC has held a System for Award Management registration since November 2003.

HUC's federal customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Herlong, which accounts for 107 of 114 awards (98% by count) and $26.5 million of combined potential value across the portfolio. The remaining activity splits across the Department of the Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command ($272 thousand across two awards including a $155,320 ten-year water and sewer services contract modification awarded December 2024), the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. The concentration with FCI Herlong is extreme: 79% of combined potential value ($26.5 million of $33.5 million total) flows from monthly or quarterly delivery orders against two parent indefinite-delivery contracts established by the Bureau of Prisons.

HUC holds two single-award IDCs with the Bureau of Prisons. The primary vehicle, awarded May 1, 2023, carries a ceiling of $8,701,083.72 over 120 months through May 5, 2033, and procures wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services. This contract has generated 37 task orders (as of the source snapshot) with $2.6 million combined potential value. A second IDC (15B61923D00000059) has issued 20 task orders valued at $2.5 million for domestic water service. Monthly delivery orders under both vehicles typically range from $24,000 to $67,000 for single-month periods, with quarterly orders reaching $201,305 when covering three-month periods. Recent delivery orders issued through October 2026 include a $25,650.90 domestic water order and a $69,114.98 wastewater order, both issued in October 2026 under firm fixed-price terms with no set-aside. HUC's federal invoiced revenue across all awards totals $36.8 million against a combined potential value of $33.5 million, indicating that obligations have exceeded ceiling estimates—a pattern typical of recurring monthly utility contracts where actual consumption or inflation adjusts invoices above initial award ceilings.

Award activity from 2022 through 2026 shows 21 awards in 2022, 21 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 10 through October 2026. The sharp drop in 2024 reflects the transition from monthly purchase orders to quarterly delivery orders under the larger IDC framework rather than a decline in actual service delivery. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $95 thousand), indicating minimal recompete exposure in HUC's core FCI Herlong relationship given the long-duration IDC vehicles running through May 2033. HUC does not appear in any subcontractor role across the source data; the vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering municipal utility infrastructure services to federal facilities in northern California.