Christopher W Bray

Christopher W Bray is a sole proprietorship based in Owensburg, Indiana, that specializes in specialized forestry and transportation services for the United States Navy. The company focuses on harvesting and transporting large-diameter timber materials, with particular expertise in extracting and delivering logs destined for historic naval vessel preservation and restoration projects. Registered in SAM.gov since July 25, 2022, Christopher W Bray maintains an active federal contracting presence with the Department of Defense.

Christopher W Bray has received three prime federal contract awards, all from the Chief of Naval Operations in support of the USS Constitution restoration initiative. The first award, a purchase order issued on September 14, 2022, with a ceiling value of $36,486, required the harvesting and transport of approximately 10 trees from Naval Support Activity Crane in Indiana to the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts. The second award, a delivery order issued on September 30, 2024, valued at $25,342 on a firm-fixed-price basis, involved harvesting one load of logs at NSA Crane and delivering them to Boston, Massachusetts, with a completion date of April 15, 2025. The third award, another delivery order issued on September 18, 2025, for $22,856 firm-fixed-price, called for the harvest and transport of selected trees from NSA Crane to support continued USS Constitution restoration efforts, with an ultimate completion date of April 15, 2026. All three awards involved specialized labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, and transportation necessary to extract large-diameter logs approximately 40 feet in length with 36-inch small-end diameters weighing approximately 19,000 pounds each. None of these awards utilized small business set-aside designations, despite the government's consideration of 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned small business categories during the solicitation processes.

Christopher W Bray holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command on September 27, 2024, with a ceiling value of $500,000 and a 60-month potential performance period consisting of a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, with an ultimate completion date of September 26, 2029. This IDV establishes the contractual vehicle for the harvest and transportation of selected trees from Naval Support Activity Crane in Indiana to support USS Constitution restoration at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. The work scope encompasses all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, and transportation necessary to extract and deliver the large-diameter logs specified above. Two delivery orders have been issued under this Indefinite Delivery Contract as of the most recent data: the first delivery order for $25,342 awarded September 30, 2024, and the second for $22,856 awarded September 18, 2025, both by the Chief of Naval Operations. No small business set-aside designations were applied to either task order issued under this vehicle, despite the original pre-solicitation posted in July 2024 indicating the government's intent to consider set-asides for eligible small business categories.