Media Plumbing & Heating Inc.

Media Plumbing & Heating Inc., doing business as Kinetix, is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Broomall, Pennsylvania, that operates as a prime contractor specializing in fire protection, fire alarm, and life safety system services across federal defense and civilian installations. The company holds a $56.2 million General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract and operates primarily through recurring delivery orders and indefinite delivery vehicles with over 100 federal agencies, delivering installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair services for fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems, fire suppression equipment, and related life safety infrastructure.

Kinetix's capability footprint centers on fire and life safety infrastructure. The company delivers fire alarm system inspection, testing, and maintenance; fire sprinkler system preventive maintenance and repair; fire suppression system testing and repair; fire extinguisher inspection and replacement; hydrant flow testing; dry chemical and water mist suppression system maintenance; and emergency repair services. Representative examples include a $1.26 million delivery order from the Army Communications Electronics Command for fire alarm preventative maintenance, inspection, testing, and remedial repairs at Tobyhanna Army Depot running through September 2031; a $1.005 million Department of Interior Udall Building fire safety system maintenance contract covering comprehensive fire alarm, sprinkler, and suppression system management through March 2031; a $598 thousand Navy Installations Command order for fire alarm and sprinkler services at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport; and a $829 thousand Marine Corps fire suppression system services order at Beaufort, South Carolina through May 2027. On the GSA Schedule, Kinetix maintains a single labor category—Labor Assistant for fire alarm and sprinkler system services—priced at $124.24 per hour, requiring high school education and two years' experience with no security clearances.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Navy and GSA. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 43% of all awards and include GSA Public Buildings Service National Capital Region (204 awards, $35.2 million combined potential value), Navy Installations Command (125 awards, $30.9 million), Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command (110 awards, $40.6 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (77 awards, $3.5 million), and Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (45 awards, $841 thousand). By potential value, Naval Facilities Engineering Command leads ($40.6 million across 110 awards), followed by GSA PBS National Capital Region ($35.2 million across 204 awards) and Navy Installations Command ($30.9 million across 125 awards). The Army Northeast Region accounts for $26.2 million across 34 awards, anchored by a $12.9 million indefinite delivery contract for fire alarm and sprinkler services at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Marine Corps provides $13 million across 37 awards. The concentration reflects Kinetix's deep entrenchment in recurring small-order and maintenance work across federal real estate, particularly GSA-managed buildings and Navy installations in the Northeast.

Kinetix's vehicle position is dominated by the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, which accounts for 349 task orders worth $82 million in combined potential value. Active Navy indefinite delivery contracts include N4008509D7019 (104 task orders, $5.9 million), N4008514D8102 (65 task orders, $5.9 million), and N4008519D9214 (53 task orders, $3.3 million). Army Northeast Region holds a $12.9 million indefinite delivery contract for Aberdeen Proving Ground fire services. Marine Corps holds a $7.7 million IDIQ (base through May 2029) and a prior $6.85 million vehicle. Naval Facilities Engineering Command vehicles include a $3.8 million contract for Philadelphia Naval Support Activity (February 2025–January 2030) and a $1.93 million contract for NSA Monterey. Coast Guard has a $2.1 million indefinite delivery vehicle for USCG Base Cape Cod. ACC Redstone maintains a $1.43 million IDIQ for Letterkenny Army Depot fire alarm services. Air Mobility Command awarded a $419 thousand indefinite delivery contract for McGuire Air Force Base fire suppression work through September 2029. GSA National Capital Region holds multiple blanket purchase agreements totaling approximately $735 thousand. This vehicle footprint signals broad market access across defense installations and civilian federal facilities, with task orders predominantly firm fixed price and distributed across set-aside and full-and-open competition.

Activity has declined year over year in raw award count—81 awards in 2022, 67 in 2023, 71 in 2024, 64 in 2025, and 31 year-to-date in 2026—but the source data is current only to mid-October 2026 and reflects a six-month partial year. By potential value, combined awards total $418.8 million, with $177.7 million obligated (42% execution rate), indicating substantial backlog. Thirty-five awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $17.2 million, representing moderate recompete exposure. The Federal Supply Schedule contract runs through August 2028; major Navy and Army vehicles extend through 2029 and 2030.

SCI-reportable invoicing shows rising trajectory. Prime contract invoicing totaled $12 million across FY2022–FY2025: $2.6 million in FY2022, $2 million in FY2023, $2.4 million in FY2024, and $5 million in FY2025. Federal-services FTE delivery has grown materially, from 5.8 FTEs in FY2022 to 16.5 FTEs in FY2025 across SCI-reportable prime contracts, signaling scaling of on-site technical labor. Government-paid hourly rates on invoiced SCI contracts show wide variance: median around $248.57 per hour (10th percentile $100.24, 90th percentile $736.34), reflecting mix of technician-level field work and supervisory or specialized roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for approximately 19% of total contractor hours, with 56 named subcontractors engaged over the period. This indicates Kinetix operates a predominantly self-performing delivery model with selective subcontract augmentation.

Kinetix operates as a prime contractor on nearly all work—1,297 of 1,302 awards are prime (100%); only 5 sub-awards appear in the source, all predating 2023 and routed through primes including Huang's Inc. and Structural Engineering Group Inc. on fire alarm materials, programming, and fire protection construction work. This prime-heavy posture and minimal sub engagement indicate the vendor builds and delivers its own fire safety teams rather than functioning as a specialist subcontractor within larger systems integrations.

The top NAICS codes are Security Systems Services except Locksmiths (822 awards), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (116 awards), Plumbing Heating and Air-Conditioning Contractors (106 awards), Facilities Support Services (80 awards), and Fire Protection (50 awards). Top PSC codes are Housekeeping–Fire Protection (278 awards), Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Fire Control Equipment (202 awards), and Maintenance of Fire Fighting/Rescue/Safety Equipment (120 awards). This classification mix reflects the breadth of Kinetix's federal real-estate and military-installation footprint: mostly recurring preventive maintenance and repair service orders rather than construction or installation of new systems. The vendor competes under recurring Total Small Business set-asides on core maintenance work, particularly at Army and Navy facilities, and full-and-open on delivery orders from civilian agencies and GSA PBS. SDVOSB and Total Small Business designations dominate the prime award posture, positioning Kinetix as an established provider in the set-aside-dependent federal fire services market.

Kinetix is a premier fire and life safety firm that services fire alarms, fire sprinklers, fire suppression, fire pumps, and fire dampers. Their experienced team services, designs, and installs systems in military and government facilities nationwide. As an organization, Kinetix delivers quality service by focusing on a personalized approach for their customer's fire and life safety needs.