Boatswain's Locker I, Incorporated

Boatswain's Locker I, Incorporated, doing business as Boatswains Locker Inc., a for-profit small business based in Costa Mesa, California, supplies diesel engines, engine components, marine hardware, and maritime equipment as a prime contractor to federal defense and civilian maritime agencies. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its Indefinite Delivery Contract portfolio and mixed set-aside and full-and-open designation on individual delivery orders and purchase orders.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which accounts for 97% of awards by count and 91% of combined potential value. Within DLA, the Land and Maritime division dominates with 1,034 awards valued at $10.4 million, followed by Troop Support Hardware with 540 awards ($200 thousand) and Aviation with 347 awards ($568 thousand). The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard places 60 awards valued at $7.6 million combined. The Naval Supply Systems Command and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration represent smaller but steady customer bases. Boatswain's Locker's capability footprint centers on commodity supply of standardized maritime engine parts: o-rings, gaskets, packing materials, fasteners, fuel metering pumps, filter elements, impellers, fuel cam actuators, injector assemblies, engine control units, and diesel engines. Representative prime work includes a $842,370 Coast Guard delivery order for CLIN 0137 (awarded April 3, 2024), a $150,435.22 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order for diesel engines (April 8, 2024), a $119,006.56 NOAA purchase order for Steyr engine spare parts (September 12, 2024), and a $66,434 Naval Supply Systems Command diesel engine order (January 16, 2026). The vendor holds multiple single-award DLA Land and Maritime Indefinite Delivery Contracts with $250,000 to $350,000 ceilings covering specific engine parts categories—fuel metering pumps, fuel cam actuators, engine parts kits, filter elements, and AC generators—all designated as total small business set-asides and awarded between August 2024 and April 2026.

The vendor's activity profile shows cyclical decline: 144 awards in 2022, declining to 17 awards year-to-date in 2026. Three awards with combined potential value of $427 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The top five parent vehicles (all DLA Land and Maritime Indefinite Delivery Contracts) carry seven to eight task orders each and collectively account for less than $1.2 million in potential value, reflecting the vendor's reliance on numerous small-dollar purchase orders and delivery orders distributed across many individual Indefinite Delivery Contracts rather than concentration on a few high-value vehicles. Work is performed in Costa Mesa, California, with delivery to various Defense Logistics Agency depots throughout the continental United States and overseas consolidation points. The vendor holds a single subcontract under Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. as prime, valued at an undisclosed amount, for a 300 HP diesel outboard engine package (July 15, 2024). The vendor's product service code profile is dominated by packing and gasket materials (208 awards), o-rings (167 awards), and engine fuel system components (110 awards); NAICS concentration centers on bolt, nut, screw, and washer manufacturing (282 awards) and gasket and sealing device manufacturing (228 awards). Boatswain's Locker has been registered in the System for Award Management since 2001 and operates as a registered small business without additional SBA certifications such as 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB.

Marine Engines &parts