Bowhead Marine Support Services, LLC

Bowhead Marine Support Services, LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business operating as a subsidiary of UIC Government Services LLC, provides watercraft operations and maintenance, maritime logistics, administrative support services, and technical expertise to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor. Headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, Bowhead competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides (8(a) sole source and Competitive 8(a) designations across recent awards) and holds a portfolio of 96 prime contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles with combined potential value of $401.2 million.

Bowhead's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward military healthcare and maritime defense operations. The Defense Health Agency dominates by both award count and dollar value—49 awards representing $126.4 million in potential value—driven almost entirely by a single-award $79.76 million Indefinite Delivery Vehicle for administrative support services at Brooke Army Medical Center. The United States Marine Corps, Naval Sea Systems Command, and U.S. Coast Guard account for the remaining top-tier customer base, with the Marine Corps holding 12 awards ($85.9 million), NAVSEA 9 awards ($70.2 million), and the Coast Guard 16 awards ($50.3 million). These five agencies represent 93% of Bowhead's recent awards. The customer concentration reflects a structured, agency-centric strategy: the Defense Health Agency relationship anchors administrative staffing for military medical facilities, while Marine Corps, NAVSEA, and Coast Guard relationships center on maritime operations, watercraft maintenance, and vessel support.

Bowhead's vehicle portfolio spans multiple indefinite delivery mechanisms. The Defense Health Agency administrative support services IDV (contract W81K0024D0002) alone carries 48 task orders worth $46.7 million in combined potential value. The Marine Corps' Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch Operations Maintenance and Technical Services IDIQ (a $72.18 million multiple-award vehicle, contract effective through September 2031) has generated 7 task orders valued at $10.3 million. Naval Sea Systems Command's supplies and labor contract for Navy and foreign partner nation craft maintenance (N0002423D4116, a $25 million single-award vehicle through August 2028) has supported 7 delivery orders totaling $11.5 million. The U.S. Coast Guard maintains two active vehicles with Bowhead: a $4.38 million single-award training vessel support services IDV (through January 2029) and a $34.67 million total small business multiple-award IDIQ for Honda marine engines and components (through November 2028). A recent April 2026 Basic Ordering Agreement with Army Combat Support Warren for Class IX supplies procurement rounds out the vehicle footprint.

Capability work spans four distinct service lines, each grounded in recent awards. Maritime operations and watercraft maintenance represent the largest category: a $11.46 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract with US Pacific Fleet Forces (awarded September 2021, performance at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam through October 2026) covers Torpedo Weapons Retriever operations and maintenance; a $5.97 million Marine Corps delivery order provides watercraft operation and maintenance at Camp Pendleton North through September 2026; a $33.74 million NAVSEA definitive contract (awarded December 2024, performance at Dahlgren, Virginia through May 2030) provides facilities maintenance support on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. Administrative support services dominate the Defense Health Agency relationship—multiple delivery orders totaling over $50 million issued in October 2024 alone cover Medical Clerk III, Administrative Assistant, Accounting Clerk III, Management Program Analyst, and Medical Records Technician positions at military treatment facilities, with compensation structured on actual hours worked. Naval vessel and foreign military sales support covers spare parts, training, and inspection services for U.S. Navy craft and foreign partner nations (Kuwait, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, the Maldives, Tunisia, Israel, Ukraine) under NAVSEA delivery orders. Technical and specialized services include a $1.3 million Army Cyber Command definitive contract for land mobile radio preventative maintenance at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (through April 2026); emergency medical treatment services at Camp Pendleton and Navy bases; and communications equipment operation and maintenance support.

Activity has accelerated significantly. Awards per year grew from 3 in 2022 to 34 in 2024, with 27 awards in 2025 and 4 in 2026 (year to date June). Twenty-seven awards representing $47.3 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating material recompete exposure across the Defense Health Agency administrative support vehicle, Coast Guard training vessel and engine supply contracts, and Marine Corps Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch deliverables.

Bowhead operates as a pure prime contractor—100% of its 96 recent awards are prime contracts; it holds no sub-award portfolio in the source data. However, on select Defense Health Agency and Marine Corps delivery orders, Bowhead subcontracts with Vision Technology Inc., an 8(a) certified HUBZone-qualified minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Huntsville, Alabama, to provide specialized medical staffing and administrative support at Brooke Army Medical Center. Vision Technology brings concentrated expertise in healthcare and medical personnel placement, with approximately $9.1 million in prior sole source awards for clinical and healthcare professional staffing across Defense Health Agency and Army Medical Command facilities. This teaming arrangement reflects Bowhead's practice of partnering with other certified small businesses to fulfill complex staffing requirements, while maintaining operational control as the prime contractor.

Service Contract Inventory data, covering federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, shows minimal SCI-reportable activity: $131 thousand in invoiced revenue in FY2024 across 2.5 FTEs on one prime record, with government-paid hourly rates of approximately $25.19/hr. SCI captures only a small subset of Bowhead's actual federal services work, as most of the company's major contracts (administrative support, maritime operations, equipment supply) are either structured as firm fixed-price arrangements, classified, or exclude service-labor components captured under the reporting threshold. The $401.2 million combined potential value across the full award portfolio and the $124.9 million in obligations to date substantially exceed SCI-reported figures.

Bowhead's 8(a) certification, valid through December 21, 2027, anchors its competitive posture across the portfolio. The vendor rarely competes full-and-open; recent awards under full competition (such as the NAVSEA facilities maintenance contract) are exceptions. Bowhead's small disadvantaged business status and Alaska Native Corporation ownership position it as a preferred supplier within the Defense Department's socioeconomic contracting strategy, particularly in medical support, maritime operations, and technical services where 8(a) sole source and Competitive 8(a) set-asides predominate.

bowhead Marine Support Services (BMSS) has the capability to provide a wide range of base operations, logistics management, and shipping/transportation support with a primary focus on maritime services. BMSS has expertise in areas such as program and project management, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support, direct support of maritime operations and port services, vessel crewing, routine shoreside and afloat preventative, predictive and corrective vessel maintenance, including shipyard and depot level maintenance and modification and modernization services on hull, mechanical and electrical systems. BMSS has a Secret clearance.