Breakwater International (California) LLC

Breakwater International (California) LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Wilmington, California, supplies maritime safety equipment inspection, maintenance, and repair services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (92% of recent awards), with specialized capability in fire suppression systems, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) certification, CO2 systems, and life-saving appliances for Navy and Coast Guard vessels. The company is a for-profit limited liability corporation competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and full-and-open purchase orders, with no placement on governmentwide vehicles or agency IDIQs.

The customer base centers on maritime and defense establishments. The top five funding agencies account for 92% of recent awards, led by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard (5 awards, $36 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command (3 awards, $32 thousand combined potential value). However, the potential-value ranking diverges sharply: the Defense Health Agency anchors the portfolio with a single $83 thousand contract for fire extinguisher support at Naval Medical Center San Diego, representing 40% of combined potential value, while the Air National Guard contributes $45 thousand for five-year annual SCBA servicing through September 2029. The Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command orders are small-dollar repair and inspection tasks — typical purchase orders under $15 thousand — but recur with frequency. Representative prime work includes a $83.3 thousand Defense Health Agency total small business purchase order (awarded September 2024, through September 2025) for inspection, maintenance, and recharging of approximately 1,150 portable fire extinguishers at NMCSD and affiliated clinic facilities; a five-year $45.2 thousand Air National Guard total small business purchase order (awarded September 2024, through September 2029) for annual SCBA equipment servicing; a $11.1 thousand Coast Guard total small business repair order for a shafted fixed CO2 system (November 2024); and a $6.4 thousand Military Sealift Command no-set-aside purchase order for rescue-boat inspection and layup aboard USNS Choctaw County in Philadelphia (March 2024, completed May 2024).

Award activity is concentrated in 2024, with eight prime purchase orders issued that year following sparse prior years (one award each in 2019, 2021, and 2022). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $245 thousand, exceeding the combined potential value ceiling of $208 thousand by 18 percent, indicating project scope growth or closeout adjustments. The vendor carries one subcontract award: a June 2024 sub to Vigor Marine LLC for annual lifeboat and davit inspection services aboard USNS Guadalupe, performed June through September 2024. NAICS concentration sits in ship building and repairing (5 awards), with secondary exposure in machinery and equipment repair and maintenance (2 awards). All identified work is performed at or near customer sites — San Diego, Philadelphia, Modoc National Forest — rather than from the Wilmington headquarters.

Welcome to Breakwater International

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Breakwater International is an independent company with workshops in Los Angeles, Houston and Fort Lauderdale, and offices with technicians in Vancouver (Canada), Hamburg (Germany), Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Athens (Greece). To comply consistently to our customer, statutory, regulatory and other requirements, our company quality management system (ISO 9001-20155) is for many years certified by DNVGL. Our customer satisfaction surveys are resulting regularly in excellent scores.