Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP, a foreign-owned limited liability partnership headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, delivers fire protection and life safety system services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and numerous single-award IDIQs and blanket purchase agreements. The vendor does not compete under set-asides and operates as a large business in full-and-open federal procurements, with a portfolio concentrated in fire alarm installation, maintenance, inspection, and emergency repair services alongside sprinkler system work, fire suppression equipment, and access control and nurse call system support.

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP is a child entity of Simplex Time Recorder LLC. The company maintains an enormous federal footprint: 4,679 awards across 304 customer agencies since 2002, with combined potential value of $830.8 million. Recent annual volume shows growth from 73 awards in 2022 to 130 in 2023, then modest decline to 126 in 2024 and 90 in 2025, with 63 awards recorded through late September 2026. The vendor invoiced $8.8 million across SCI-reportable service contracts (FY2022–FY2025), with a trajectory from $2.6 million in FY2023 to $3.5 million in FY2025, supported by a workforce of 2.7 to 4.6 FTEs annually on those contracts. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $495/hr, with senior project-manager labor priced through $264/hr on the GSA Schedule and specialized technical rates from $139 to $215/hr for technician and designer roles.

Customer concentration is fragmented but anchored in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system and the Department of Defense. The top five customers by award count account for 14% of awards and are led by VISN 4 (158 awards, $12.7 million), Coast Guard (127 awards, $4.3 million), VISN 10 (124 awards, $12.3 million), VISN 6 (118 awards, $13.7 million), and VISN 12 (114 awards, $15.3 million). Top customers by dollar value reveal a different concentration: Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery leads with 68 awards and $30.5 million in combined potential value, followed by VISN 12 ($15.3 million), VISN 8 ($13.7 million), VISN 6 ($13.7 million), and VISN 4 ($12.7 million). The 10% of customers holding 10% of combined potential value skew toward large healthcare and naval medical facilities requiring comprehensive fire safety infrastructure.

The GSA Multiple Award Schedule serves as the dominant vehicle, supporting 3,362 task orders valued at $250.7 million. Secondary vehicles include a Federal Supply Schedule (GS27F0026M) with 81 task orders ($7 million), a Facilities Maintenance and Management contract (81 task orders, $2.3 million), and multiple single-award BPAs and IDIQs with VISN locations and Navy installations. Named BPA vehicles include a $691.4 million ceiling agreement with VISN 4 for Simplex fire alarm system and integrated suppression system maintenance at Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (through July 2030) and a $76.5 million BPA with VISN 23 for fire protection system testing and maintenance in North Dakota (through September 2027). Representative prime work includes a $3.3 million delivery order from Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for fire protection services at Naval Station Norfolk (FY2025), a $2.7 million Emergency Fire System Upgrade for VISN 23 Central Iowa VA Healthcare System (awarded November 2024), and a $3.2 million NIST delivery order for fire alarm system programming and maintenance at Gaithersburg, Maryland (awarded June 2025, ultimate completion May 2030).

Activity shows 59 awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $16.5 million, creating recompete exposure. The vendor operates as a captive prime with minimal subcontractor engagement—across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the average sub-hours share is 0%, and the vendor's sub-award footprint is negligible (21 sub awards of 4,679 total). When subcontracting does occur, named primes include Nova Space Solutions, Nova Group, Constructicon Corp, Stampede Ventures, M.C. Dean, and South Dade Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, with work anchored in fire detection, alarm system engineering, and facilities maintenance support.

NAICS concentration is heavily weighted to Security Systems Services except Locksmiths (2,342 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1,261 awards), with smaller shares in Facilities Support Services (131), Plumbing/Heating/Air-Conditioning Contractors (89), and Electrical Contractors (84). PSC clustering reflects the same profile: Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems (439 awards), Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment—Fire Control Equipment (403 awards), Miscellaneous Alarm/Signal/Security Detection Systems (387), and Housekeeping—Fire Protection (257). The vendor's GSA labor portfolio spans 15 active categories priced from $139 to $264/hr, covering Suppression Technicians (non-Metro and Metro), Sprinkler Technicians (union and metro), Fire/Security Designers, Commissioning Engineers, and Project Managers with education requirements from high school through bachelor's degree and experience ranging one to six years, with no security clearance offerings.

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP operates as a high-volume, low-set-aside federal contractor whose scale and vehicle holdings position it as a standard procurement mechanism for fire protection and life safety services across civilian and defense agencies. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements and builds no meaningful delivery teams through subcontractors. Its dominance on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and its specialized role as the de facto standardized provider of Simplex fire alarm systems across the VA and Navy health systems anchor its federal market position.