Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP, a foreign-owned limited liability partnership and child entity of Simplex Time Recorder LLC, provides fire protection and life safety system installation, maintenance, testing, inspection, and emergency repair services as a prime contractor to federal agencies, competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside posture across a four-thousand-six-hundred-forty-eight-award portfolio spanning two decades.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on fire alarm system maintenance, sprinkler system services, fire suppression system work, and related life safety infrastructure across civilian and defense agencies. Concrete recent work includes a $3.198 million delivery order from NIST for fire alarm system programming and maintenance services at the Gaithersburg campus through May 2030; a $2.685 million emergency fire system upgrade contract from Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 for the Central Iowa VA Healthcare System with completion targeted for November 2026; a $3.297 million delivery order from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for fire protection services at Naval Station Norfolk through June 2026; a $1.995 million fire alarm panel upgrade contract from VISN 9 at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee; and a $1.715 million Army delivery order for fire protection and detection system maintenance at West Point and Stewart Army Sub-Post in New York through April 2031. Work also encompasses routine hydrostatic testing and recharge of fire extinguishers, five-year fire system inspections compliant with NFPA standards, kitchen hood fire suppression system maintenance at VA medical centers, and emergency repairs to fire alarm panels and components at federal correctional facilities and Coast Guard installations.

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor — 4,630 of 4,648 awards (100%) — with minimal subcontractor engagement; the vendor does not typically build delivery teams through subs. The company holds a dominant position on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, with 3,353 task orders carrying a combined potential value of $249.6 million. Additional parent vehicles include a Federal Supply Schedule GS27F0026M with 81 task orders valued at $7 million and a Facilities Maintenance and Management vehicle with 81 task orders at $2.3 million combined value. Activity has declined year over year from 130 awards in 2023 to 89 in 2025 and 34 in the first half of 2026, with 59 awards (combined potential value $16.2 million) facing recompete in the next twenty-four months.

Customer concentration clusters around the Department of Veterans Affairs health system, which dominates both volume and dollars. The top five funding agencies account for 14 percent of awards: VISN 4 (155 awards, $12.5 million potential value), Coast Guard (126 awards, $4.2 million), VISN 10 (122 awards, $12.2 million), VISN 6 (116 awards, $13.6 million), and VISN 12 (113 awards, $15.2 million). By potential value, VISN 12, VISN 6, VISN 8, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and VISN 4 lead, together anchoring 8 percent of combined potential value at $65.3 million. The vendor serves 302 distinct customer agencies, but the VA system and its regional networks represent the overwhelming majority of recent work. Coast Guard awards are numerous but modest in individual value, reflecting routine fire alarm monitoring and maintenance at multiple installations.

Johnson Controls' GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans fifteen active categories, ranging from suppression technician roles at $135.05–$146.23 per hour (non-union and metro, high school education, two years experience) through fire/security project manager positions at $256.68 per hour (bachelor's degree, six years experience). Intermediate categories include sprinkler technicians at $170.60–$197.00 per hour, fire/security designers at $209.69 per hour, and system commissioning specialists at $236.79 per hour. The spectrum reflects a mix of field technician and supervisory labor; no security-cleared roles are offered.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue for service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $5.3 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $0; FY2023: $2.6 million; FY2024: $2.7 million), with a corresponding FTE trajectory of 0.4 (FY2022), 2.7 (FY2023), and 5.1 (FY2024) on prime contracts. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, median government-paid rates ran around $494.65 per hour, with a 10th percentile of $200.85 per hour and a 90th percentile of $2,512.16 per hour, consistent with the mix of technician and engineering labor. The vendor reports zero average sub-hours share on prime contracts, confirming a captive delivery model.

The vendor's NAICS concentration mirrors its service scope: 2,337 awards under "Security Systems Services (Except Locksmiths)" (NAICS 561621), 1,261 under "All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing" (NAICS 332999), and smaller volumes in Facilities Support Services (NAICS 561210), plumbing and HVAC contracting, and surgical appliance manufacturing — the latter reflecting occasional nurse call system and building automation components work. PSC coding underscores fire and alarm system focus: 438 awards carry "Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment — Alarm, Signal, And Security Detection Systems" (PSC J002), 399 carry "Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment — Fire Control Equipment" (PSC J012), 387 carry "Miscellaneous Alarm, Signal, And Security Detection Systems" (PSC J001), and 270 carry "Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equip — Fire Fighting/Rescue/Safety Equip" (PSC J015).

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP competes without set-aside protection as a large business across full-and-open federal procurements. The company maintains no named subcontractor relationships in the visible award record and does not feature prominently as a sub to other primes — sub-award engagement is minimal (18 records, predominantly as named vendor under larger contractors like Chitina Diversified Services, Constructicon Corp, Management & Training Corporation, and South Dade Air Conditioning & Refrigeration for specific fire protection or facility maintenance components). The vendor's competitive position rests on its GSA MAS footprint, established relationships with the VA health system and Navy, and recognized specialization in Simplex fire alarm system maintenance and testing — a proprietary system advantage reflected in several sole-source awards across VA facilities.