Argonaut Enterprises VB LLC

Argonaut Enterprises VB LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, manufactures and services marine propulsion components — primarily propellers and shaft seals — as a prime contractor exclusively to Department of the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and Department of Homeland Security customers. The company operates as a limited liability company with a 100% prime-contract footprint across 54 federal awards spanning the past fourteen years, competing predominantly in full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside categories rather than formal SBA programs.

The vendor's customer concentration is driven by platform-maintenance demand. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command anchors 17 awards worth $7.1 million combined potential value, followed by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime with 27 awards carrying $596 thousand combined potential value. The U.S. Coast Guard (Department of Homeland Security) holds six awards valued at $91 thousand. The ranking discrepancy reflects DLA's higher award frequency for lower-value, catalog-item propeller deliveries against NAVSUP's fewer but larger platform-specific engineering and manufacturing contracts. Recent representative work includes a $157,330 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order (July 2024) for repair and modification of five marine propellers with firm fixed-price delivery in Virginia Beach, a $73,724 Naval Supply Systems Command order (April 2025) for manufacture and testing of LCU 1600-class propellers per NAVSEA and military standards, and a $15,200 Coast Guard purchase order (September 2026) for shaft seal overhaul and installation on USCGC Richard Snyder at Curtis Bay Industrial Area in Baltimore.

Award activity has been irregular in recent years — two awards in 2020, three in each of 2023 and 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — reflecting the episodic nature of vessel propulsion maintenance and modernization procurement cycles. The combined potential value of all awards is $8 million with obligated dollars at 100% of that potential, indicating mature, executed contracts. Only two awards (combined potential value $89 thousand) carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The vendor does not appear in the Service Contract Inventory dataset as a prime (SCI captures only service contracts above $150,000 and excludes goods and micro-purchases); one SCI record in FY2024 lists Argonaut as a named subcontractor with zero FTEs reported, indicating minimal or no reportable service-contract sub-engagement. The vendor operates entirely on its own delivery teams and does not subcontract.

Argonaut's capability portfolio centers on propeller manufacture, repair, reverse engineering, and marine shaft seal maintenance performed to military specifications (MIL-STD, NAVSEA, ISO standards) with performance locations in Virginia Beach and at government shipyard facilities. The top NAICS categories across the award portfolio reflect this focus: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing (17 awards), Ship Building and Repairing (6 awards), and Boat Building (6 awards). The vendor's primary PSC is Ship and Boat Propulsion Components (45 awards).