Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, LLC

Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit subsidiary of Johnson Controls Federal Systems, LLC headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, delivers building automation systems, HVAC controls, utility monitoring, fire and life safety, and electronic security infrastructure to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open delivery orders and indefinite-delivery vehicles. The vendor competes exclusively on unrestricted vehicles with no small-business set-asides across its 684-award portfolio totaling $14.33 billion in combined potential value.

Johnson Controls' customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville accounts for 466 awards worth $12.69 billion in combined potential value, representing approximately 88 percent of all awards and 89 percent of total potential value. The second-ranked customer, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center (distinct from the Huntsville component), carries 48 awards worth $867 million. This singular dependency on one Army Corps of Engineers regional component—the Engineering Support Center Huntsville—anchors the vendor's entire federal footprint. All top five customers by potential value are Army or Defense components, and the top five vehicles by volume are all Army Corps of Engineers IDIQs.

Johnson Controls holds two primary IDIQ vehicles anchoring its current business. The Utility Monitoring and Control Systems Fifth Generation (UMCS-V) IDIQ, awarded July 17, 2025, carries a $630 million ceiling and runs through July 16, 2028, and covers MetaSys IV SATOC building automation systems, HVAC, fire, security, and utility monitoring services at federal facilities worldwide. The Electronic Security System Generation 7 (ESS VII) multiple-award IDIQ, awarded September 26, 2022, carries a $1.125 billion ceiling (Johnson Controls' share of a $675 million program) and extends through September 25, 2029, covering electronic security system procurement, installation, maintenance, and service across federal installations domestic and overseas. Recent delivery orders exemplify the scale and scope: a $44.8 million ceiling order from the Pentagon (July 13, 2026), a $27.1 million order for multi-building repairs and utility monitoring integration at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (September 30, 2025), a $26.7 million order for MetaSys controls and HVAC upgrades at Kadena Air Base, Japan (September 30, 2025), a $40.2 million order for maintenance and service at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (September 30, 2025), and a $24.9 million order for operations and maintenance at Fort Hood, Texas (July 9, 2026). The vendor also holds a $99 million design-build construction IDIQ with the Defense Health Agency for healthcare and research laboratory facilities (awarded August 20, 2024) and a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract with a $900,000 ceiling (40 active labor categories at $80.99–$205.35/hr, including HVAC mechanics, building automation engineers, security technicians, and system administrators).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years—25 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 25 in 2024, 32 in 2025, and 7 through July 2026. The vendor faces a recompete cliff of 45 awards worth $537.5 million combined potential value reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, concentrated in the ESS VII and UMCS-V vehicles and Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Support Center Huntsville orders. Service Contract Inventory data shows sparse SCI-reportable federal services activity: $7.3 million in invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $4 million across 15.4 FTEs; FY2023: $1.8 million across 3.4 FTEs; FY2024: $1.5 million across 5.1 FTEs). On SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid median rates ran around $140.66/hr, with the 90th percentile reaching $631.14/hr, reflecting a mix of field technician and engineering roles. The vendor subcontracts sparingly on SCI records (0% average sub-hours share across prime contracts) and carries a minimal SCI footprint relative to its $14.33 billion prime-contract potential value, indicating most federal revenue flows through fixed-price delivery orders rather than time-and-materials service contracts.

Johnson Controls operates as a pure prime contractor (683 of 684 awards, or 100 percent), with negligible subcontractor revenue ($1 sub award on record). However, recent delivery orders name subcontractors frequently, including tribally-owned and small-disadvantaged businesses such as Grose Construction LLC (8(a) participant, Army facility renovation), Hoss & Brown Engineers Inc. (small disadvantaged business, MEP engineering design), Elite Mechanical Inc. (minority-owned small business, HVAC services), Digital Air Control Inc. (small business, security and access control), Frontier Fire Protection LLC (Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, quality assurance), and Chinook Fire Protection Inc. (Alaska Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business, fire suppression). The corporate structure reflects foreign ownership: Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, LLC is a subsidiary of Johnson Controls Federal Systems, LLC, which is itself a foreign-owned for-profit entity. On the GSA Schedule, the vendor offers 40 labor categories spanning HVAC mechanics, building automation systems engineers, security installation technicians, and system administrators without security-cleared positions, supporting its core building infrastructure and facility control mission. The award portfolio concentrates in NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services, 595 awards) and PSC code for installation of electrical and electronic equipment components (557 awards), reflecting Johnson Controls' positioning as a building automation systems and controls integrator rather than a general construction or facilities support vendor. All recent prime awards carry no set-aside designation, indicating the vendor does not compete under small-business, HUBZone, or disadvantaged-business categories despite its regular engagement of diverse subcontractors on execution.