Miller Electric Wins $15 Million Army Construction Contract

The Reno, Nevada, electrical contractor secured a firm-fixed-price deal for facility maintenance, design, construction and repair, with work running through July 31, 2031, the Army said.

First Published: July 28, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

RENO, NEVADA — Miller Electric Co. Inc., a Reno, Nevada, electrical and construction contractor, won a $15 million Army deal to maintain, design, build and repair military facilities, as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price contract drew three bids solicited over the internet, with work locations and funding set order by order and an estimated completion date of July 31, 2031, the Army said. The 419th Contracting Support Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, serves as the contracting activity under contract number W911SA-26-D-A022.

The award marks the second contract for Miller Electric Co. Inc.in 2026, lifting the company’s total contract value for the year to $79 million according to war.gov. It also stands as the fifth Department of Defense contract awarded in Nevada during 2026.

Firm-fixed-price contracts set a single agreed price regardless of the contractor’s costs, shifting financial risk toward the awardee and giving the government budget certainty. The indefinite-delivery structure lets the Army issue individual task orders across multiple sites as needs arise. Taxpayers fund the work, and local subcontractors and tradespeople often benefit when a general contractor executes federal facility projects.

The size of this award places it in the middle of the Army’s 2026 spending range. It falls between the service’s year-to-date minimum of $9.1 million and its maximum of $8.4 billion according to war.gov. The figure trails the largest contract ever awarded to Miller Electric Co. Inc., a record that stands at $49 million according to war.gov.

For the average reader, federal construction awards like this one determine the condition of the barracks, motor pools, training ranges and administrative buildings that support service members. Contracts spread over five years also anchor employment for skilled workers in the awarding region and near the work sites the Army later designates.

Repeat federal awards are routine for established contractors, and this is not the first time Miller Electric Co. Inc.has worked with the government. The company’s two 2026 contracts and its $49 million high-water mark show a track record of winning defense work according to war.gov. Multiple-award, task-order arrangements are a standard tool the military uses to line up construction capacity in advance.

The Army will decide when and where to direct the work through future task orders under the contract, each carrying its own funding. A date for the first task order has not been announced. The estimated completion date for all ordered work is July 31, 2031, the Army said.

Military construction contracting in the United States traces back more than two centuries, as happened before. The Army Corps of Engineers, established in 1802 at West Point, New York, grew from a small cadre into the manager of forts, harbors and public works across the young republic. During World War II the Corps oversaw a construction program that reached billions of dollars and built airfields, depots and training camps nationwide. That expansion set the template for the competitive, task-order contracting that firms like Miller Electric Co. Inc.compete for today.

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 $79,000,000. 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 19 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 27, 2026.