Childs Engineering Corporation

Childs Engineering Corporation, doing business as Childs Engineering Corp, a for-profit maritime and coastal infrastructure engineering firm based in Bellingham, Massachusetts, operates predominantly as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering waterfront inspections, structural assessments, pier dynamic analysis, and architectural and engineering design services to federal maritime and naval agencies on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations.

The firm competes primarily on two Coast Guard IDIQs and five Navy IDIQs. The Coast Guard's $40 million Ocean Engineering Services IDIQ, originally awarded in April 2021 with extensions running through April 2026, anchors the vendor's footprint; this vehicle has generated 73 total awards worth $92.9 million combined potential value across the portfolio and sits on two distinct contract parent vehicles (Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCGG110DPRV089 with 31 task orders and $4.9 million in combined potential value, and USCG Nationwide Ocean Architect Engineering 2016-2021 with 20 task orders and $5.3 million). The Navy side splits across Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($54.8 million, 52 awards), Naval Installations Command ($3.3 million, 10 awards), US Fleet Forces Command Atlantic Fleet ($3.1 million, 11 awards), and Naval Sea Systems Command ($2.4 million, 10 awards). Together, the Coast Guard and Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command account for 96% of combined potential value. Recent representative work includes a $966,988 Coast Guard delivery order for FY25 waterfront inspections at Coast Guard Districts 7 and 8 in Miami (Jan 2026), a $585,104 Naval Supply Systems Command delivery order for waterfront inspection and assessment at Naval Shipyard Portsmouth (Jun 2025), a $862,424 Naval Supply Systems Command delivery order for waterfront inspection at Naval Supply Activity Mechanicsburg (Jun 2025), a $517,143 Coast Guard delivery order for A/E design services supporting the Waterfront Sector recapitalization project in Delaware Bay (May 2025), and a $140.7 thousand Naval Facilities Engineering Command delivery order for A-E services supporting NSWC Carderock Division at Dania Beach, Florida (Jan 2026, Total Small Business set-aside).

Activity has remained flat to declining — 11 awards in 2022, 12 in 2023, 7 in 2024, and 7 in 2025. Only three awards face completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $1.6 million), presenting minimal recompete exposure. Across SCI-reportable service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, the vendor invoiced $660 thousand in FY2022 on 2.3 FTEs and $1.5 million in FY2023 on 4.3 FTEs; SCI records for FY2024 show zero invoiced revenue, indicating a shift away from larger tracked service contracts or a move toward task orders and smaller delivery vehicles outside the SCI reporting window. On SCI-reportable contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran a median of $161.62/hr with senior labor pricing through $321.07/hr.

The vendor operates as a prime on all but 5 awards (2% sub participation), and across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractor hours share is zero, indicating internal delivery of engineering labor. Named subcontractors include Jacobs Government Services Company (three waterfront inspection subcontracts, Feb 2026, Oct 2024, and Aug 2024), Applied Research Associates, Inc. (OHMSETT Main Bridge Control Room fabrication engineering, Aug 2024), and Kilgore Flares Company LLC (architect-engineering services for Defense Fuel Support Point demolition at Newington, New Hampshire, Apr 2022). The portfolio spans 13 distinct customer agencies, with Coast Guard and Navy collectively representing the overwhelming majority of dollars and award volume; the firm has no recorded work with civilian agencies outside the Department of Homeland Security and Department of the Navy ecosystem.

Marine structures engineering. Underwater inspection by professional engineer/divers. Pier, wharf, bulkhead and shore protection design. Marine terminal, ferry berth and drydock design.

Bridge substructure inspection and evaluation.