Army Awards Reno’s Miller Electric $15 Million Construction Deal

The U.S. Army awarded Miller Electric Co. Inc. of Reno, Nevada, a $15 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction services, with work running through July 31, 2031.

First Published: July 27, 2026, 1:23 PM ET

RENO, NEVADA — Miller Electric Co. Inc., a Reno, Nevada, electrical and construction contractor, received a $15 million Army contract for construction services, the Defense Department said as announced on war.gov.

The firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action drew three bids solicited over the internet, and each task order will set work locations and funding, according to war.gov. The Army set an estimated completion date of July 31, 2031, and named the 419th Contracting Support Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as the contracting activity under identifier W911SA-26-D-A022.

An undefinitized contract action lets the government direct work to begin before both sides finish negotiating final terms and price. The arrangement speeds construction schedules but leaves the ceiling value subject to later definitization.

The deal marks the second contract for Miller Electric Co. Inc.in 2026, lifting the company’s total 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 award falls short of the company’s record of $49 million but carries weight inside the Army’s construction portfolio. It sits within the 2026 Army portfolio’s year-to-date range, which runs from $9.1 million to roughly $8.4 billion, according to war.gov. The Pentagon issued nine contracts nationwide on July 27, 2026, according to war.gov.

The name Miller Electric attaches to more than one business, a point that shapes how readers should read this award. The Reno contractor handles commercial and industrial wiring, lighting, power distribution, fire alarm, emergency power and conduit systems, according to millerelec-inc.com. A separate firm founded in 1928 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, operates as one of the largest electrical contractors in the country with almost 5,000 employees, according to mecojax.com.

For taxpayers, the contract funds base construction and facility work that keeps Army installations operating. The five-year window gives the service flexibility to assign projects as needs arise rather than committing all funds at once.

This kind of award has happened before, and often. The Army routinely uses multiple-award and indefinite-delivery construction contracts to line up qualified builders for future projects, then issues task orders against them. Competitive solicitation with three bidders follows standard federal procurement practice for such work.

The next step rests with the 419th Contracting Support Brigade, which will issue individual task orders and negotiate final pricing to definitize the action. A specific date for the first task order or for definitization has not been announced.

Military construction contracting in the American West traces back more than a century, long before the current bidding portals. The Army Corps of Engineers built forts and roads across Nevada and the Great Basin in the 1860s to protect mail routes and mining camps, and later oversaw dam and airfield projects that reshaped the region during and after World War II. Reno grew alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad and federal reclamation work that drew federal dollars into a desert economy. Those early federal projects set a pattern that still channels defense spending to Western contractors 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 $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 9 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 27, 2026.