MICC delivers regional contracting solution for seven Army installations
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas—Mission and Installation Contracting Command contracting professionals are expanding the Army’s ability to address minor construction, repair and modernization requirements across seven installations through a regional contracting solution designed to increase agility, competition and responsiveness.
The National Capital Region Multiple Award Task Order Contract, or NCR MATOC, establishes a pool of 42 eligible contract holders that can compete for individual task orders supporting sustainment, renovation and modernization requirements, including minor construction, repairs and demolition.
With a ceiling value of around $1 billion and a maximum task order limit of $4 million, the 42 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) awards under the MATOC were released and effective on Sep. 14. The IDIQ awards include a 5-year ordering period plus two, one-year renewal options, supporting U.S. Army Garrisons at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Fort Detrick, Fort Meade, Fort AP Hill, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall and Arlington National Cemetery.
While MATOCs are not new contracting vehicles, this marks the first time MICC has developed this type of regional vehicle encompassing seven installations for this type of work, according to Lucy Lopez, director of the MICC Theater Support Center.
“This effort represents an initiative in which a new contract solution was sought to provide a multiple award, regional contract vehicle for minor construction and repairs,” Lopez said.
Danette Wilson, a TSC contracting officer, and Amy Hahka, a TSC contract specialist, led the team that awarded the MATOC. Wilson said the requirement presented an opportunity to apply a contracting approach not typically implemented by the TSC.
“In this instance, a MATOC was an outstanding solution in resolving a mission partner’s request that dates back to 2022 in which seven Army installations have similar sustainment, renovation and modernization requirements, including minor construction, repairs and demolition,” Wilson said.
The overarching statement of work allows the participating installations to use the regional vehicle for requirements within its scope while competing individual requirements at the task-order level. Wilson said the vetted pool of contractors encourages competition that can help deliver cost savings on mission partner requirements.
“There are 42 MATOC Holders on this vehicle which will foster healthy competition with each Request for Task Order Proposal, encouraging cost benefits to the Government and the American taxpayer,” Wilson explained.
This MATOC grew from an open Installation Management Command requirement dating back to 2022. MICC contracting professionals worked alongside IMCOM through several fiscal years to develop the solution for similar requirements across multiple installations.
“Across several fiscal years, we worked persistently and shoulder to shoulder with IMCOM to achieve this outcome,” Wilson said. “This was due to the efforts of an entire village with a common goal.”
The NCR MATOC is one example of MICC’s broader effort to match acquisition strategies to mission requirements. David Markelz, deputy director of MICC Contracting Operations, explained why MICC strived to use a broader range of acquisition authorities starting in fiscal year 2025, including Other Transactions Authorities (OTAs), Small Business Innovation Research Phase (SBIR) III and Multiple Award Task Orders (MATOCs) to address complex, multilayered regional requirements and expand opportunities for collaboration with industry.
“New legislation and updated https://safe.menlosecurity.com/doc/docview/viewer/docN1987DD0EE1BB421b71bea1981c758cc762275de2744473ce785c6a82335a7fe32a2649805e0e have enabled MICC to directly support construction and modernization requirements historically managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” Markelz said.
“By employing a broader array of acquisition authorities, the MICC is better positioned than ever to meet the evolving needs of the Army and deliver timely, mission‑focused results.”
Although each acquisition approach serves different requirements, they reflect MICC’s focus on developing responsive contracting solutions that support mission partners and Soldiers while promoting competition, flexibility and responsible stewardship of resources.
Wilson said the success of the NCR MATOC will likely renew interest in this type of contract vehicle when fair competition across multiple installations is a high priority.
“Should a future requirement present with the same or similar indicators as the NCR MATOC, and a MATOC vehicle appears to be a viable solution, we will absolutely entertain the use of a MATOC for future procurements,” Wilson said.
The NCR MATOC ultimately gives the MICC another way to turn sustainment, repair and modernization requirements into contracting actions for participating installations while demonstrating MICC’s commitment to delivering agile contracting solutions across the Army.
About the MICC Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command consists of about 1,500 military and civilian members who are responsible for contracting goods and services in support of Soldiers as well as readying trained contracting units for the operating force and contingency environment when called upon. A subordinate command of the Army Contracting Command and the Army Materiel Command, MICC contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 Soldiers every day, providing many daily base operations support services at installations, facilitate training in the preparation of more than 100,000 conventional force members annually, training more than 500,000 students each year, and maintaining more than 14.4 million acres of land and 170,000 structures. See also the fiscal year 2027 MICC Fact Sheet.
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