Brewer Crane LLC

Brewer Crane LLC, doing business as Brewer Crane & Rigging, operates as a San Diego-based self-certified small disadvantaged business providing mobile crane rental, crane operations, and rigging services as both a prime contractor (13% of awards) and a subcontractor (87% of awards) to naval shipyards, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard. The company is structured as a limited liability partnership and has maintained federal contracting engagement since 2009, with a footprint anchored heavily in naval ship maintenance, repair, and equipment testing.

Brewer Crane's prime contract work centers on discrete crane services and operator support for military platforms and testing programs. Recent prime awards include a $21,032 firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for crane services under the Riverine Vessel Security System-Lightweight (RVSS-L) program, Drop 4 phase, awarded March 17, 2026, with performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and ultimate completion by March 19, 2026. The Marine Corps awarded two purchase orders: a $23,276 total small business set-aside for crane services with operator support at Camp Pendleton North supporting center of gravity testing on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Recovery Variant, awarded August 13, 2025 with completion by August 14, 2026, and a $12,518 purchase order for crane services supporting ACV-30 vertical center of gravity determination testing, awarded March 28, 2024 and completed April 1, 2024. These prime awards represent small discrete procurements rather than vehicle seats or standing-offer arrangements.

Customer concentration by award count sits entirely within the Navy and Marine Corps ecosystem. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command dominates by volume with 123 awards (though carrying only $97,000 in combined potential value), while the United States Marine Corps ranks second at 8 awards ($427,000 combined potential value). The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 4 awards ($93,000 combined potential value), and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard placed 5 awards ($23,000 combined potential value). A single award from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration rounds out the customer set. This concentration masks an unusual financial profile: the combined potential value across all 141 awards is only $661,000, yet combined dollars obligated across all awards stands at $7.4 million—a 1,123% ratio indicating heavy subcontract delivery against standing IDCs and BPAs with low stated ceilings rather than high-value discrete awards.

Brewer Crane's vehicle position is rooted in two large Navy indefinite delivery contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002418D4331 carries 22 task orders, and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002418D4325 carries 19 task orders. Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002416D4416 holds 7 task orders, and a standing arrangement called "Complex and Non-Complex Maintenance on Surface Combatant and Amphibious Class Ships — San Diego" anchors 7 additional task orders. A single blanket purchase agreement (M6890917A7645) generated 1 task order valued at $55,000. These vehicles reflect the company's embedded role in Navy ship maintenance supply chains rather than competitive-bid opportunity vehicles.

Subcontract engagement is heavily concentrated with two prime contractors: BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego Inc. accounts for the vast majority of sub awards across Navy ship docking selected restricted availabilities (DSRA), selected restricted availabilities (SRA), and maintenance work on destroyers, littoral combat ships, amphibious assault ships, and dock landing ships (USS Essex, USS Oakland, USS Charleston, USS Stockdale, USS Halsey, USS Kansas City, USS Somerset, USS Green Bay, USS John P. Murtha, USS Princeton, among others). National Steel And Shipbuilding Company represents the second primary sub relationship, with awards for crane rental and rigging support on ship new construction and docking selected restricted availability work, including USS America (LHA-6) docking selected restricted availability repair rentals and Expeditionary Sea Base construction work. Life Cycle Engineering Inc. placed sub orders for crane and rigging services supporting planned maintenance availabilities and facility maintenance for multiple Littoral Combat Ships. Serco Inc. placed a smaller CIWS support services sub award in August 2024.

Award activity shows cyclical volume concentrated in 2023–2025: 28 awards in 2023, 39 in 2024, and 39 in 2025, with only 2 awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. This pattern reflects the timing of Navy ship maintenance availabilities and testing schedules rather than sustained linear growth. Only 1 award (the August 2025 Marine Corps purchase order, $23,000 combined potential value) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vast majority of sub awards are funded through standing IDCs with long completion windows or ongoing modification cycles tied to multi-year ship availability schedules. NAICS concentration sits heavily on 4841 (Ship Building and Repairing) at 121 of 141 awards, with 13 awards under "All Other Specialty Trade Contractors" and small representation in equipment rental NAICS codes.

Brewer Crane competes full-and-open across all recorded awards — no set-aside designations appear in the prime footprint save the single August 2025 Marine Corps total small business set-aside. The company's small disadvantaged business designation provides a qualification lever for future Navy small business set-aside opportunities, but historical practice shows engagement rooted in standing vehicle subcontracting rather than set-aside bid activity. The business model relies on embedded subcontractor status within Bay-area naval shipyard supply chains and Navy maintenance availability support rather than prime-driven competition or GWAC positioning.

Mobile Crane Services 14.5 Ton to 450 Ton Cranes

Rigging

Hauling

Operator Services

Hoist and Tower Crane Turn Key Operation

Pile Driving