Cascade Towing, Inc.

Cascade Towing, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Sitka, Alaska, provides marine towing and barge transportation services to federal agencies as a prime contractor under the Total Small Business set-aside and full-and-open competitions. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted procurement channels.

Cascade Towing's customer concentration is extreme and geographically focused. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Alaska Region (R10) accounts for 38 of 42 named awards in the source, representing $800 thousand of the combined $1 million potential value across the vendor's entire federal footprint — 80% of all dollars. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region holds 3 awards ($90 thousand), and the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration holds 1 award ($3 thousand). The vendor serves no other federal agencies. Capability portfolio is narrow: concrete work consists of barge and vessel towing operations in the Alaska panhandle and interior waterways, supporting resource management and logistical operations for the Forest Service. Representative awards include a $67.2 thousand Total Small Business purchase order issued June 19, 2026, to tow the Misty Barge from Winstanley Island in Behm Canal to Shelter Cove near Ketchikan (performance through November 2026 if the option to extend is exercised), a $41.5 thousand Total Small Business purchase order for Misty Barge round-trip towing awarded August 24, 2021 (completed June 30, 2022), and a $0 (dollar amount not specified in source) purchase order issued September 29, 2023, for Chickamin Barge towing in the Ketchikan area. Top NAICS codes are 483113 (Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation) and 488210 (Inland Water Freight Transportation). The vendor holds one IDC (12010919D0013) with 2 task orders worth $30 thousand combined. Activity is sparse: one to six awards per year over the past five years, with only one award ($67 thousand) facing recompete within the next twenty-four months.