Army Awards Miller Electric $15 Million Construction Contract

The Reno, Nevada, contractor won a firm-fixed-price undefinitized deal for construction services, with three bids received and work running through July 31, 2031.

First Published: July 27, 2026, 1:16 PM ET

RENO, NEVADA — Miller Electric Co. Inc., a Reno, Nevada, contractor, won a $15 million Army deal for construction services as the service continues to spread work across regional firms, as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action drew three bids solicited over the internet, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2031, according to war.gov. Work locations and funding will be set with each order, leaving the specific job sites open until the Army issues individual task orders.

Miller Electric traces its roots to 1928 and describes itself as one of the largest electrical contractors in the industry, with almost 5,000 employees and headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, according to mecojax.com. The company offers commercial and industrial wiring, lighting, power distribution, fire alarm, and emergency power systems, according to Google. Its services now extend beyond traditional electrical work to systems integration, building automation, and energy and sustainability, according to mecojax.com.

The award marks the second contract to Miller Electric in 2026, lifting the company’s total contract value for the year to $64 million, according to war.gov. It ranks as the fifth Department of Defense contract awarded in Nevada during 2026. The deal is not the largest ever won by the company, whose record stands at $49 million, and it sits well below the Army’s 2026 year-to-date maximum of $8.4 billion.

Undefinitized contract actions let the government direct a contractor to begin work before final terms and price are settled, a tool the Army uses when a mission cannot wait for full negotiation. The structure benefits the Army by starting work quickly and benefits the contractor through guaranteed backlog. It carries risk for taxpayers, because final pricing gets negotiated after work has already begun.

For the average reader, the contract reflects how routine base upkeep and construction reach private employers rather than in-house government crews. Firms like Miller Electric, listed as a specialty electrical contractor serving the Jacksonville market, feed local payrolls and hiring pipelines, according to procore.com. The spending supports skilled trade jobs across the regions where the Army eventually assigns the work.

This has happened before. Miller Electric already holds one earlier 2026 Army award, and the company counts multiple federal contracts among its portfolio, according to war.gov. Multiple-award and undefinitized deals of this size are a standard feature of Army contracting for facility and construction support.

The Army 419th Contracting Support Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the contracting activity, and it will decide the timing and location of individual task orders under contract number W911SA-26-D-A022, according to war.gov. A date for the first task order has not been announced.

Military construction contracting has long shaped local economies far from the front lines, as happened before. The Army Corps of Engineers, established in 1802, expanded its civil and construction reach through the 20th century, awarding billions in building work to private firms during wartime mobilizations. That pattern turned regional electrical and mechanical contractors into steady federal partners, and companies such as Miller Electric have grown alongside that demand for nearly a century.

This contract represents the 2nd contract awarded to Miller Electric Co. Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $64,000,000. It is also the 5th Department of Defense contract awarded in Nevada during 2026. While this is not the largest contract ever awarded to Miller Electric Co. Inc., whose record stands at $49,000,000, it is notable within the Army portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Army portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,051,490 and maximum of $8,402,489,648. Overall, this award was announced among 13 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 27, 2026.