Contender Boats, Inc.
Homestead, FL
- UEI
- LX15EGWZNKT8
- CAGE
- 33ET2
- Primary NAICS
- 336612 Boat Building
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1820 SE 38th Ave, Homestead, FL 33035, USA
- Website
- contenderboats.com
- Founded
- 1982
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Marine
- SIC code
- 39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $2,451,698 |
| FY2025 | $1,002,331 |
| FY2024 | $226,337 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Homeland Security | $2,219,294 | |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | $232,404 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Contender Boats, Inc. (doing business as Contender Boats Inc.), based in Homestead, Florida, manufactures and delivers specialized law enforcement, patrol, and training vessels to federal agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime and holds all 29 recent awards in that posture, competing only under small business set-asides across its federal footprint.
Contender Boats builds fiberglass center-console and tournament-style vessels ranging from 30 to 32 feet, equipped with twin outboard engines (predominantly Yamaha and Mercury), custom sport consoles, Garmin navigation systems, law enforcement electronics (Whelen light bars, Standard Horizon VHF radios, AIS), and aluminum trailers. Representative work includes a $1.468 million Total Small Business purchase order from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) awarded September 30, 2026, for six Contender 30T training vessels with deep V-hull fiberglass construction and 250-gallon fuel capacity, deliverable to Brunswick, Georgia by March 29, 2027; a $327 thousand FLETC award from September 2025 for two 30-foot training vessels with twin Yamaha 300HP engines; and a $232 thousand National Park Service Southeast Region award from April 2026 for a 30-foot center-console patrol vessel with twin 300HP Mercury Verado engines, intended for law enforcement operations at Biscayne National Park and delivered to Homestead, Florida. Combined potential value across recent awards stands at $9.3 million, with $6 million obligated (65% of potential value).
Customer concentration splits between two anchor agencies. The Department of Homeland Security's FLETC accounts for 8 awards and $3.2 million in combined potential value, while the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Southeast Region holds 8 awards and $1.4 million. The two rankings differ slightly — FLETC dominates both volume and dollars — but GSA Federal Acquisition Service appears as a single $3.2 million award that ties the dollar value of all FLETC awards combined, reflecting Contender Boats' sit on the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F5610R, where 11 task orders carry $1.5 million in combined potential value. Five awards (combined potential value $2.5 million) complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure in that window.
Activity has accelerated sharply in recent years, from one award in 2020 to five awards in 2026 alone. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides; all 29 awards in the source carry that designation. Primary NAICS classification is 336612 (Boat Building), with PSC codes split between Miscellaneous Vessels (13 awards) and Small Craft (10 awards). Contender Boats maintains no subcontract relationships in the source data and operates as a pure prime across all domestic federal customer agencies.
Quick answers
Is Contender Boats, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Contender Boats, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through August 24, 2027.
What is Contender Boats, Inc.'s CAGE code?
Contender Boats, Inc.'s CAGE code is 33ET2, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is LX15EGWZNKT8.
How much has Contender Boats, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,002,331 to Contender Boats, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $3,680,366 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Contender Boats, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Contender Boats, Inc. ranked #9 in PSC 1990, #30 in NAICS 336612 and #40 in PSC 1940 in FY2025.
What is Contender Boats, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Contender Boats, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Contender vessels (70LGLY26PGLB00321), from Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, on September 30, 2026.
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