Atlantic Fabrication & Boiler Services, Inc.

Atlantic Fabrication & Boiler Services, Inc., a Portsmouth, Virginia-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, delivers ship repair, maintenance, and fabrication services to federal maritime agencies predominantly as a prime contractor (95% of awards) under total small business set-asides. The company specializes in depot-level and voyage repair, boiler fabrication, piping repairs, welding, tank cleaning and inspection, insulation installation, and structural work across naval and Military Sealift Command vessels, with NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) accounting for 282 of 355 recent awards.

Atlantic Fabrication's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of the Navy. Military Sealift Command anchors the portfolio by award count (280 awards, $419.9 million combined potential value), while the Department of the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command dominates potential value ($522.3 million across seven awards). Naval Sea Systems Command contributes 21 awards worth $129.5 million combined potential value. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard round out the active customer set (5 and 25 awards respectively), with these top five agencies accounting for 97% of recent awards. By dollars, the top three customers—TACOM, Military Sealift Command, and Naval Sea Systems Command—represent the vast majority of the $1.15 billion combined potential value across the portfolio.

Atlantic Fabrication holds seats on nine significant parent vehicles. The East Coast General Ship Repair IDIQ, a $140 million total small business set-aside awarded by Military Sealift Command through September 2028, generates the most active task-order volume with 18 orders worth $10.4 million combined potential value. Three newer Army Watercraft Sustainment Maintenance Program (AWSM) IDIQs awarded by TACOM in January 2026—covering CONUS Zone 1 ($241.4 million ceiling), OCONUS Zone 2 ($211.1 million ceiling), and Zone 3 pier-side ($69.8 million ceiling)—establish major expansion vectors. Atlantic Fabrication also holds Naval Sea Systems Command positions on the Lightweight Modular Berths IDIQ ($17 million, total small business set-aside, through August 2030), Lot I Marine Boatyard and Maintenance Support for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center ($59.7 million, total small business set-aside, through September 2026), and Lot II Marine Boatyard and Maintenance Support ($52.9 million, total small business set-aside, through December 2026). A $2.778 million Coast Guard insulation repair IDIQ for 210-foot and 270-foot cutters (total small business set-aside, through January 2029) and a $73.8 million NOAA Fleetwide Dockside and Ship Maintenance IDIQ (total small business set-aside, through August 2028) round out the IDV footprint.

Activity has accelerated sharply. Awards grew from 6 in 2022 to 28 in both 2025 and 2026, with 28 awards issued through September 2026. Combined potential value stands at $1.15 billion, though only $73.5 million (6%) has been obligated to date—typical of IDV structures where large ceilings anchor long-term ordering capacity. The recompete cliff shows minimal near-term risk: only three awards complete within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $13 thousand. The TACOM AWSM awards and Naval Sea Systems Command Lot I and II contracts run through 2026–2031, establishing substantial renewal and growth opportunities.

Atlantic Fabrication operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor; 17 sub-award records represent only 5% of the 355-award portfolio. Sub engagement includes work under East Coast Repair & Fabrication on USS-class ships (piping, welding, and structural repairs on USS San Antonio, USS Gettysburg, USS IWO Jima, USS Oak Hill), Metro Machine Corp. on surface combatant dockside restricted availabilities, Epsilon Systems Solutions on USS Ross main shaft work, Marine Hydraulics International on USS New York screen installation, and Crowley Government Services on sanitary drain piping renewal. These sub relationships span Navy ship repair availabilities and maintenance work but represent a small fraction of total delivery.

The Service Contract Inventory dataset captures minimal activity—two records spanning FY2024–FY2025 with no SCI-reportable invoiced revenue and only 3.2 FTEs reported in FY2024—reflecting that Atlantic Fabrication's portfolio consists predominantly of goods, fabrication, and firm-fixed-price repair work that does not trigger SCI labor-hour reporting thresholds. SCI is not a meaningful lens into this vendor's federal services scale.

Atlantic Fabrication competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its prime footprint. The company has maintained a SAM.gov registration since 2003 and has accumulated over 350 awards spanning two decades, with particularly strong momentum since 2023 driven by MSC voyage repair availability orders, Coast Guard equipment maintenance, and the recent TACOM AWSM and Naval Sea Systems Command vehicle awards. The firm's Federal Acquisition Regulation-compliant posture—firm fixed pricing, total small business designations on major IDVs, and consistent delivery to maritime repair standards—positions it as a core provider to Navy and Defense counterpart agencies with recurring ship maintenance demands.

Metal fabrication, duct fabrication and installation, weld repairs and boiler repairs