Herlong Public Utility District

Herlong Public Utility District, doing business as HUC, is a U.S. local government-owned utility that serves as the sole municipal water and wastewater provider to the Federal Correctional Institution Herlong in Herlong, California. All 112 federal awards in the source are prime contracts or grants; HUC has no subcontract footprint. The vendor operates under no set-aside category, reflecting its essential infrastructure role as the region's only utility provider serving federal facilities.

HUC's federal customer base is highly concentrated. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Herlong accounts for 105 of 112 awards (94% of volume) and $26.4 million of the $33.4 million combined potential value across all awards (79% of dollars). The vendor holds two parent indefinite-delivery contracts with the Bureau of Prisons: a $8.7 million wastewater IDC (May 1, 2023 through May 5, 2033) supporting 36 task orders, and a separate domestic water IDC supporting 19 task orders. Recent work includes monthly firm fixed-price delivery orders for wastewater services (ranging from $55 thousand to $195 thousand per multi-month period, with typical monthly rates near $67 thousand) and domestic water service (typical monthly rates near $25 thousand), issued continuously since at least 2021. The vendor's remaining secondary customer base includes the Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (2 awards, $272 thousand potential value, including a $155.3 thousand ten-year water and sewer modification exercised in December 2024 extending through November 2034), the Department of Agriculture Forest Service National Interagency Fire Center (1 award, $4.2 thousand), the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region (1 award, $4.2 thousand), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (1 award, dollar value not specified).

Award volume has remained steady across recent years—21 awards in 2022, 21 in 2023, 20 in 2025, with 8 awards through mid-2026—though this reflects the monthly and quarterly pacing of utility delivery orders under the standing IDCs rather than growth or contraction. Only 2 awards (combined potential value $277 thousand) have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure on the Bureau of Prisons contracts. HUC's work is classified primarily under NAICS 531611 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems, 61 awards) and 531622 (Sewage Treatment Facilities, 35 awards), with PSC coding concentrated on Utilities—Water (86 awards) and Utilities—Other (20 awards). HUC also received a $251.5 thousand Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) in September 2021 for firefighting equipment and protective gear, extending through September 2023. The vendor's federal posture is defined by single-customer dominance, essential-service status at a federal installation, and recurring monthly utility invoicing under framework contracts rather than competitive procurement activity.