Coast Guard

The Department of Homeland Security's US Coast Guard, a civilian maritime agency responsible for search and rescue, law enforcement, and maritime safety operations, procures aircraft components, vessel parts, repair services, and maritime safety equipment through federal contracts and funds state boating safety programs through grants.

The Coast Guard's contract portfolio spans 336,012 awards since 1978, with $111.74 billion in combined potential value and $79.78 billion obligated (71% of potential value). Recent activity cadence shows 9,333 awards in 2023, 9,746 in 2024, 9,415 in 2025, 7,268 in 2026, and 17 year-to-date in 2027. The most recently recorded award date is June 4, 2027, approximately seven months ahead of the current date. Among active primes over the last five years, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. leads by award count with 2,551 awards and $292 million combined potential value, followed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation with 843 awards and $287.5 million. These two vendors account for 11 percent of recent awards by count, indicating highly fragmented competition; by potential value, the top five primes represent only 1 percent of combined potential value, reflecting the agency's reliance on small-value task orders, BPA calls, and purchase orders. The contract set-aside mix is dominated by unrestricted awards (80 percent), with small-business awards accounting for 16 percent and 8(a) sole-source and competitive 8(a) together representing 3 percent.

The Coast Guard's grant portfolio includes 1,874 awards since 2001, obligating $2.52 billion in federal dollars (total obligated dollars including non-federal share: $3.17 billion). Grant activity cadence shows 86 awards in 2021, 90 in 2022, 73 in 2023, 68 in 2024, and 82 in 2025; the most recent grant award closed on October 1, 2025. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated: the top five by award count cover 19 percent of recent awards, with Water Sports Foundation, Inc. leading at 20 awards and $4.2 million obligated, and National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, Inc. second at 18 awards and $5.7 million. By federal dollars, the top five recipients cover only 4 percent of obligated funding, with the Department of Natural Resources (multiple state entities) dominating at $27.9 million to $17.3 million per recipient across different state allocations. Assistance-type mix is heavily weighted toward Formula Grants (69 percent), with Project Grants comprising 29 percent and Cooperative Agreements 1 percent.

Recent contract opportunities focus heavily on MH-65 and HC-144 aircraft components and services: Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center solicitations posted in late October 2026 seek MH-65 hoses (due November 2, 2026), hose assemblies (due November 2), anti-ice valve overhaul (due October 9), and door modifications (due October 26, 2026). Pre-solicitation market research notices seek sources for MH-65 landing gear actuator and ballscrew overhaul (due November 2), oil cooler repair and recore (due November 6), HC-144 windshields and windows (due October 23), and radome overhaul services (due October 30). Paint services for HC-144 aircraft are being solicited under an Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract (due November 23, 2026). Surface Forces Logistics Center solicitations address vessel maintenance including boiler burner parts for USCGC ALEX HALEY (100 percent small-business set-aside, due October 13, 2026) and Caterpillar center-section overhaul parts (due October 13, 2026). Women-Owned Small Business set-asides appear for sheave components (due November 2, 2026). Special-notice sole-source actions target Keysight Technologies for annual PNT-X simulator maintenance (due November 5, 2026) and NLETS for law-enforcement telecommunications services (due November 2, 2026).

The recent grant opportunity on file is the State Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (posted September 10, 2026, due October 30, 2026), a Cooperative Agreement restricted to designated state agencies and authorities; this aligns with the grant portfolio's emphasis on Formula Grants for state boating safety and maritime preparedness funding.

The U.S. Coast Guard safeguards the maritime interests of the United States and the environment around the world.