Bis Automation, Inc.

Bis Automation, Inc., a veteran-owned, Native American-owned small business based in De Pere, Wisconsin, provides maritime electronic components, thruster system repair, and field service work to the U.S. Coast Guard as a 100% prime contractor, competing exclusively in the open market without set-asides. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that supplies circuit card assemblies, printed circuit boards, voltage regulator equipment, and diagnostic and commissioning services for Coast Guard vessel propulsion and automation systems.

Bis Automation's customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 59 of 88 total awards (67% of all recent awards) and $1.7 million in combined potential value across the entire portfolio (100% of the top-customer coverage and 83% of combined potential value across all awards). The vendor has no recorded sub-award activity and no work with other federal agencies; the Coast Guard is the sole customer in the source data spanning two decades. The top parent vehicles are an Indefinite Delivery Contract (HSCG8515DP45B43) carrying 23 task orders and $392 thousand combined potential value, and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (HSCG4004A29206) with 8 task orders. Work is classified primarily under NAICS 811213 (Ship Building and Repairing, 50 awards) and 541330 (Engineering Services, 19 awards), with secondary presence in electrical equipment manufacturing and wholesale.

Recent representative work includes a $36,631.51 purchase order (August 2026) for thruster generator system inspection, diagnosis, and parameter adjustment on USCGC OAK at GMD Shipyard in Brooklyn, New York; a $51,299.95 purchase order (July 2026) for thruster control system calibration and tuning on USCGC WALNUT in Brooklyn following motor overhaul; a $51,969.40 purchase order (December 2024) for DECS 250 voltage regulator installation and thruster system troubleshooting on USCGC ASPEN in Homer, Alaska; and a $69,532.59 purchase order (November 2023) for urgent repair services and electronic component delivery on USCGC OAK. Performance occurs at Coast Guard yards and shipyards (Brooklyn, Baltimore, Astoria, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Homer) as well as at the company's De Pere home office.

Activity has been volatile but recently rising—one award in 2022, five in 2023, three in 2024, six in 2025, and four in 2026 through mid-August. Combined potential value across all 88 awards is $2.1 million, with $1.7 million obligated (81% execution rate). Three awards (combined potential value $103 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor has demonstrated consistent capability in Coast Guard maritime propulsion diagnostics, electronic controls, and component supply since at least 2004, with purchase order values typically ranging from under $2,000 (component shipments) to near $70,000 (integrated repair and commissioning engagements).