BLUF: NARA exercised Option Year IV on EMCOR Government Services' Complete Facilities Maintenance contract on August 1, 2026, while a July 28 modification deobligated $76,000 in penalty fees for non-performance on the same award.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued modification P00048 on August 1, 2026, exercising the fourth option year on task order 88310321F00171 with EMCOR Government Services, Inc., covering Complete Facilities Maintenance (CFM) at Archives I in Washington, D.C. and Archives II in College Park, Maryland. The option year runs August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Total obligations on the task order now stand at $73,144,974.80.

Why it matters: A four-day-old penalty deobligation landing right before an option-year exercise is a signal worth reading carefully — NARA kept the incumbent rather than re-competing or terminating, but it also formally clawed back funds tied to performance shortfalls. For facilities and O&M contractors, it's a reminder that agencies are willing to dock fees for non-performance without necessarily pulling the option, and that CFM-type task orders carry real performance-tracking teeth.

By the numbers:

• Total obligation to date: $73,144,974.80
• Option Year IV value (Aug. 1 modification): $2,931,648.63
• Non-performance penalty deobligation (July 28 modification): -$76,000
• Period of performance, Option Year IV: August 1, 2026 – July 31, 2027
• NAICS: 561210 (Facilities Support Services); PSC: S201 (Housekeeping — Custodial/Janitorial)
• Original solicitation: 88310321Q00023, full and open competition, 4 offers received
• Awarding office: NARA Contracting Office

The task order was originally awarded in 2021 under solicitation 88310321Q00023, competed under full-and-open procedures with four offers received, and structured as a firm-fixed-price delivery order. EMCOR Government Services, a subsidiary of Miller Electric Company, has held the CFM contract through successive option years since the original award. The modification history shows the deobligation (P00047, -$76,000, dated July 28, 2026) was explicitly recorded "to deobligate FY 2026 funding due to penalty fees for non-performance," followed four days later by the option-year exercise (P00046 and P00048 obligating additional FY2026 funding and formally extending performance).

Source: USASpending.gov