Cross Link, Inc.

Cross Link, Inc., doing business as Westar Marine Services, operates as a woman-owned small business prime contractor providing tug services, water taxi operations, and vessel towing across federal maritime and park agencies, with a fleet comprising 17 tugs, 6 water taxis, and 18 barges based in San Francisco. The vendor competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on individual purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements, with recent prime awards running from $12,800 to $72,871 on firm fixed-price contracts.

Westar Marine's customer concentration reflects West Coast maritime geography and parks. The top five funding agencies by award count and potential value account for 77% and 97% of recent awards, respectively, but the two rankings diverge significantly on dollars: the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration anchors the potential-value ranking with $1 million in combined value across three awards (the $1 million Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Tug Services BPA awarded July 2025, plus two BPA calls), whereas the Department of the Interior's National Park Service National Office and Pacific West Region account for 24 awards in volume but only $359 thousand in combined value. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard places 13 awards worth $93 thousand, and the Department of the Navy (Naval Air Systems Command, Pacific Fleet Forces, and Secretary of the Navy) accounts for 13 awards across multiple commands.

Work splits between two parent vehicles: the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Tug Services BPA (Maritime Administration single award through July 2030, $1 million ceiling) and two older Coast Guard BPAs that have issued task orders in lower dollar amounts. The vendor's NAICS footprint splits evenly between Inland Water Passenger Transportation (water taxi services to Alcatraz Island and other national recreation areas, 13 awards) and Inland Water Freight Transportation (tug and barge services, 11 awards), with additional exposure in Port and Harbor Operations and Civil Engineering Construction. PSC codes track the capability portfolio: Vessel Towing (13 awards), Vessel Freight (7 awards), Marine Charter (7 awards), and Ship and Marine Equipment Rental (3 awards).

Westar Marine has operated since 1976 and maintains prior federal experience with the National Park Service, U.S. Secret Service, and the Department of the Interior. Recent representative prime work includes a $37 thousand Maritime Administration BPA call (April 2026) for tug services to deploy temporary anchor and chain rigs for USNS Millinocket, a $72,871 National Park Service purchase order (November 2021 through April 2022) for Alcatraz water taxi services, and a $12,800 Department of Homeland Security Secret Service purchase order (November 2023) for vessel towing in support of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. In its subcontractor role, Westar Marine provides tug support and utility tow services to Systems Application & Technologies Inc. and crew boat services to Manson Construction Co. on the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz Wharf stabilization project. Total awards across 60 prime and sub positions carry combined potential value of $1.6 million with 93% obligated.

17 TUG BOATS TO 3900 HP; 10 WATER TAXIS FOR 26 TO 49 PASSENGERS; 16 FLAT DECK BARGES W/15 TON HYDRAULIC CRANE; 43,000 BBL TANK BARGE; 6500 TON AGGREGATE BARGE; 300 TON FRESH WATER BARGE; GARBAGE AND HAZMAT REMOVAL BY BARGE; MARINE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT