Construction and facilities firms that want Army repair work around Washington now have one regional contract vehicle covering seven installations, and only 42 companies hold a spot on it. The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) set up the National Capital Region Multiple Award Task Order Contract, or NCR MATOC. Per the MICC release published on DVIDS, the vehicle has a ceiling of about $1 billion and caps individual task orders at $4 million. The 42 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) awards were released and took effect on Sep. 14.

Each holder can compete for task orders covering sustainment, renovation and modernization work, including minor construction, repairs and demolition. The awards carry a five-year ordering period plus two one-year renewal options. MICC did not name the 42 awardees in its announcement.

Which Seven Sites the NCR MATOC Covers

The vehicle supports U.S. Army Garrisons at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Fort Detrick, Fort Meade, Fort AP Hill and Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, plus Arlington National Cemetery. One overarching statement of work lets each installation run requirements within the contract's scope through the regional vehicle. The installations then compete individual jobs at the task-order level.

According to Lucy Lopez, director of the MICC Theater Support Center (TSC), MATOCs are not new, but this is the first time MICC has built this type of regional vehicle across seven installations for this kind of work.

“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.

TSC contracting officer Danette Wilson and TSC contract specialist Amy Hahka led the team that awarded the MATOC. Wilson tied the vehicle's design to how the work will be bought.

“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.

A 2022 IMCOM Requirement That Took Several Fiscal Years to Award

The contract started with an open Installation Management Command (IMCOM) requirement dating back to 2022. MICC says its contracting staff worked with IMCOM over several fiscal years to build one solution for similar needs at multiple installations. Wilson said the requirement gave the TSC a chance to use a contracting approach it does not usually take.

“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.

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A pre-award synopsis described the plan earlier. The notice, W51EW726RNCR2, was issued by the MICC TSC, listed Fort Belvoir as the place of performance and was posted May 27, 2025, according to a copy of the SAM.gov notice on GovContractFinder. It announced plans for a competitive firm-fixed-price MATOC that “will provide maintenance, repair, and minor construction acquisition support to seven (7) sites in the National Capital Region.” It listed NAICS code 236210, Industrial Building Construction, and product service code Z2JZ. It also said the solicitation was expected to be a total small business set-aside under FAR 19.502-2, while the notice's metadata field read “Full & Open Competition.” The release on DVIDS does not say how the final competition was structured.

The synopsis also set an earlier schedule than the one that played out. It said the government intended to award by Oct. 13, 2026, and showed a planned base period of Oct. 13, 2026, through Oct. 12, 2031, with two option years after that. The final awards kept the five-plus-two structure, but MICC says they took effect Sep. 14. This article uses the dates and figures from MICC's award announcement.

How the $1B Vehicle Fits MICC's $6.8B Year

The NCR MATOC was one award in a busy year for the command. MICC recorded about $6.8 billion in contracting actions in fiscal 2026, ExecutiveGov reported. That figure covers more than 21,450 actions, with $2.9 billion going to small businesses. ExecutiveGov said MICC credited its more-than-$1 billion increase in obligations over fiscal 2025 largely to facility modernization requirements, expanded acquisition authorities and the addition of the 410th Contracting Support Brigade in January.

The command's fiscal 2026 construction-related awards also included:

  • A $169.1 million other transaction agreement (OTA) for 17 modernization projects at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
  • A roughly $201 million OTA for the Fort Polk Rotational Unit Billeting Area, which uses additive manufacturing for construction
  • About $987 million in modernization efforts at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama, with about $658 million obligated at the start
  • Twenty IDIQ contracts across five geographic regions, forming MICC's first enterprise-wide architect-engineer contracting capability

David Markelz, deputy director of MICC Contracting Operations, said new legislation and updated Department of War guidance now allow MICC to support construction and modernization work that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has historically managed. MICC has used OTAs, Small Business Innovation Research Phase III awards and MATOCs to meet those requirements.

“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,” Markelz said.

What It Means for Contractors

Repair and minor construction work at these seven sites will likely go out increasingly as task-order competitions among the 42 holders. Firms already on the vehicle should expect Requests for Task Order Proposals from the participating installations. With orders capped at $4 million, the vehicle suits small and midsize renovation, repair and demolition jobs, not large military construction projects.

Firms that did not win a spot may find in-scope work at these installations flowing mainly through the pool during the up-to-seven-year ordering period. The announcement does not say whether the installations can still buy the same work through other contracts. For those firms, subcontracting to holders is one practical path. Because MICC's announcement does not name the awardees, they will need to track down the holders through award records or industry contacts.

The broader trend matters more than this one contract. MICC is moving into construction work that used to belong to the Corps of Engineers, using OTAs, regional MATOCs and an enterprise architect-engineer pool. Facilities contractors that have focused on Corps districts should now watch MICC's contracting offices too, including the TSC, for new regional vehicles at other installations.

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