Childs Engineering Corporation

Childs Engineering Corporation, doing business as Childs Engineering Corp, is a for-profit maritime and coastal infrastructure engineering firm based in Bellingham, Massachusetts that operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering waterfront inspections, pier structural analysis, aids-to-navigation assessments, and architectural-engineering design services to federal maritime agencies. The firm competes predominantly in open competition and holds recurring work under small-business set-aside vehicles; recent awards carry mixed designations, with roughly one-third designated Total Small Business set-asides and two-thirds unrestricted.

Childs Engineering's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in two agencies accounting for 96% of combined potential value: the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (74 awards, $93 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command (52 awards, $54.8 million combined potential value). The rankings align closely — both agencies dominate volume and dollar share — with secondary customers including the Navy Installations Command (10 awards, $3.3 million), the Navy's United States Pacific Fleet Forces (11 awards, $3.1 million), and the Naval Sea Systems Command (10 awards, $2.4 million). Thirteen distinct federal agencies have issued awards, but the top two account for substantially all recent pipeline value.

The company's capability portfolio centers on waterfront facility condition assessment and structural analysis. Representative recent work includes a $1.34 million Coast Guard delivery order for FY24 fiscal districts 5 and 9 waterfront structures inspections in Cleveland, Ohio (awarded December 2024, Total Small Business set-aside), a $966,988 Coast Guard no-cost modification extending waterfront inspections at Coast Guard Districts 7 and 8 with added structural analysis work for Base Charleston Pier Papa (issued January 2026, Total Small Business), a $585,104 Naval Supply Systems Command delivery order for waterfront inspection and assessment at Naval Shipyard Portsmouth (awarded June 2025, unrestricted), and a $140,720 Naval Facilities Engineering Command delivery order for architectural and engineering services supporting the Warfare Center Installation Region 1 at NSWC Carderock Division in Dania Beach, Florida (awarded January 2026, Total Small Business set-aside).

Childs Engineering holds multiple parent indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its federal practice. The top five vehicles carry 122 task orders combined: Indefinite Delivery Contract N3943020D2207 (32 task orders, $10.4 million combined potential value), HSCGG110DPRV089 (31 task orders, $4.9 million), USCG Nationwide Ocean Architect Engineering 2016–2021 (20 task orders, $5.3 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract N6258312D0738 (20 task orders, $5.5 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract N3943015D1622 (19 task orders, $6.5 million). The source indicates Childs Engineering holds a $40 million Coast Guard Ocean Engineering Services MATOC awarded in April 2021 (extended through April 2026) and a $15 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command single-award IDIQ for waterfront inspection services through 2025, though specific vehicle IDs for these vehicles are not listed in the top-five ranking.

Award activity has contracted year over year — eleven awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, seven each in 2024 and 2025, and four in 2026 — with only four awards (combined potential value $1.5 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure. The firm's SCI-reported invoicing ran $660 thousand in FY2022 (2.3 FTEs), $1.5 million in FY2023 (4.3 FTEs), zero in FY2024, and $1.9 million in FY2025 (4.5 FTEs), indicating variable federal service-contract activity above the $150,000 reporting threshold. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $161.62 per hour, with senior labor pricing reaching approximately $321 per hour. The firm operates with minimal subcontractor engagement on SCI-reportable primes (0% sub-hours share) and names no named subcontractors in recent records, though awards documentation references established subcontracting relationships with Jacobs Government Services Company, Applied Research Associates, Inc., and EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. for waterfront inspection and structural assessment support. Childs Engineering has registered in SAM.gov since 2002.

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.