United Rentals (North America), Inc.

United Rentals (North America), Inc., doing business as Taylor Rental Center, operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Rentals, Inc. and supplies temporary equipment rental services to federal agencies—primarily power generation, HVAC, materials handling, dehumidification, and portable sanitation equipment—competing as a prime contractor on 36% of recent awards and as a subcontractor on 64%, with no small business set-aside designations across its footprint.

The vendor is a for-profit equipment rental company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and described in source materials as the world's largest equipment rental provider. Across primary NAICS categories, United Rentals' federal work clusters in Ship Building and Repairing (478 awards), Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (210 awards), Remediation Services (89 awards), and Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (63 awards). Recent prime contract work includes a $2.821 million temporary HVAC exhaust system rental to Naval Sea Systems Command at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard running through May 31, 2028; a $1.21 million temporary dehumidification system rental to the same command at the same location; multiple generator rentals across 500KW to 1,000KW capacity to Naval Sea Systems Command at Kings Bay and other naval installations, ranging from $31,794 to $165,100 per order; a $455,516.80 chilled water system rental to the USS New Hampshire through June 4, 2028; a $244,657.72 head load bank rental to Air Force Materiel Command at Edwards Air Force Base; and $45,545.00 in emergency generator rental to Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 extending through September 15, 2029. One award—a $30,169.10 motorized trail equipment rental to the Forest Service for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in June 2026—was cancelled because United Rentals is classified as a large business and the solicitation required a small business set-aside.

Customer concentration is extreme and Navy-centric. The top five funding agencies account for 60% of awards by count; Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with 420 awards valued at $17.9 million in combined potential value. By potential value, the top five customers account for 70% of dollars: Naval Sea Systems Command leads at $17.9 million, followed by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Baltimore at $6.6 million (19 awards), Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command at $489 thousand, the Federal Emergency Management Agency at $474 thousand, and the Agriculture Forest Service at $409 thousand. The vendor has also placed work across 136 distinct customer agencies, including the Coast Guard, Veterans Affairs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the National Cemetery Administration, and the Fish and Wildlife Service.

United Rentals holds two named prime blanket purchase agreements: a $749,000 single-award BPA with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District through September 18, 2028, for heavy equipment rentals supporting the Regional Rivers Repair Fleet and regional infrastructure maintenance, with two call orders executed (October 2025 for $45,503.50 and January 2025 for $15,714.75); and a $250,000 single-award BPA with the Federal Emergency Management Agency through October 8, 2027, for portable sanitation and emergency equipment, with multiple active call orders. The vendor also operates under several large IDVs: the Region 4 Emergency and Rapid Response Services vehicle with 27 task orders, Naval Sea Systems indefinite delivery contracts with 19 and 16 task orders respectively, and NAVSEA SE Ship Maintenance Repair and Modernization 2016–2021 with 16 task orders. These vehicles anchor the vendor's naval and emergency-response positioning.

Activity has accelerated sharply. From 24 awards in 2022, the vendor grew to 143 in 2023, 232 in 2024, and 373 in 2025, with 40 awards in 2026 year-to-date. The combined potential value across all 1,103 awards totals $37.1 million, though the vendor has invoiced $57 million (153% of combined potential value), indicating heavy utilization and task order modifications. Eighteen awards with combined potential value of $11.1 million face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and present recompete exposure.

In its subcontractor role, United Rentals supplies equipment rental across a broad prime base anchored by naval ship repair firms. BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair, BAE Systems Maritime Solutions (Norfolk and San Diego divisions), and Huntington Ingalls Incorporated account for the majority of sub activity, supplying equipment rentals for numerous Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) events and depot modernization periods across DDG-class destroyers, LPD-class amphibious transports, and LHD-class assault carriers. Environmental Quality Management, Inc. engages United Rentals for heavy equipment support on regional emergency response contracts. GE Renewables US LLC, Jacobs Project Management, Amentum Spaceport LLC, and Vigor Marine LLC represent additional prime relationships, with work spanning generator services, water treatment equipment, spaceport operations support, and ship repair support. The vendor also subs to Beyond New Horizons, KBR Wyle Services, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, and Northrop Grumman for specialized equipment and logistics support across test operations and aircraft support missions.

United Rentals' federal footprint is entirely non-set-aside and full-and-open competitive. The vendor has no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other small business designations in its federal profile. It competes on commercial capability and scale as the nation's largest equipment rental company, with particular strength in supplying naval shipyard operations, emergency response and disaster recovery, and temporary infrastructure solutions across defense and civilian agencies. The steep growth trajectory, especially the jump from 143 awards in 2023 to 373 in 2025, reflects increased reliance by Naval Sea Systems Command and emergency-response primes on United Rentals' inventory depth and logistics network for supporting complex ship maintenance and emergency operations.