Diving Unlimited International Inc.

Diving Unlimited International Inc., doing business as DUI, manufactures and distributes specialized diving and thermal protection equipment—primarily Nomex and trilaminate drysuits, rescue swimmer gear, waterproof tactical bags, and drysuit repair services—as a prime contractor to federal maritime and defense agencies, competing predominantly in open (full-and-open) procurements with no SBA set-aside designations across its footprint. The San Diego, California-based for-profit manufacturer has held federal contracts continuously since 2002 and operates across 40 distinct customer agencies, with recent award volume ranging from 6 to 19 awards annually.

Customer concentration is extreme and stable. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 278 awards (59% of recent award count) with $4.9 million in combined potential value, anchoring the prime footprint by a wide margin. The Navy's operational and expeditionary commands—Naval Expeditionary Combat Command ($838 thousand across 11 awards), Naval Special Warfare Command ($304 thousand across 6 awards), and Naval Sea Systems Command—together drive the next tier of volume and dollar concentration. GSA Federal Acquisition Service (15 awards, $2.1 million) serves as the administrative contracting office for DUI's Federal Supply Schedule vehicle, not as an end customer. The top five customers by potential value account for 83% of combined potential value. Coast Guard demand is consistent but episodic: the agency issues frequent small BPA calls ranging from $3,200 to $64,000 for drysuit procurement and repair, plus occasional purchase orders for unit-level maintenance. Navy special operations and expeditionary commands place larger, less frequent delivery orders ($27,700 to $283,692) for specialized gear and equipment replenishment.

DUI holds two primary federal contract vehicles. The flagship is a single-award Coast Guard Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA 70Z03819AE0000001), awarded December 6, 2023, with a ceiling of $1,140,275.15 extending through November 30, 2028, generating 46 task orders valued at $468 thousand. The contract covers Nomex and trilaminate drysuits for air station operations and has been exercised consistently across 2024, 2025, and 2026 with delivery orders typically issued monthly or bi-monthly. DUI also holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (award date March 9, 2023, ceiling $1,664,108, performance through March 8, 2028) registered under Special Item Numbers 3152 (shipboard anti-exposure immersion clothing) and 339113PA (professional services). This Schedule has generated 332 task orders worth $6.5 million combined potential value, making it the vendor's largest vehicle by order count and dollar volume. Task orders under the GSA Schedule span the full customer base—Coast Guard, Naval Special Warfare Command, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and U.S. Special Operations Command—and range from $3,262 (Naval Sea Systems Command drysuit inflation system, March 2024) to $283,692 (Naval Special Warfare Command waterproof weapons bags, September 2025).

Representative prime work includes a series of Coast Guard BPA calls for trilaminate and Nomex drysuits ($23,089 to $63,439 per call, May–June 2026); a $222,588 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command delivery order for drysuits and associated equipment under the GSA Schedule (March 2025); a $283,692 Naval Special Warfare Command delivery order for waterproof shoot-through weapons bags under the GSA Schedule (September 2025); an $85,230 U.S. Special Operations Command delivery order for large rucksack liners and waterproof bags under the GSA Schedule (April 2023); and frequent Coast Guard purchase orders for drysuit repair at specific air stations ($2,597 to $19,200 per order, typically with 30–60-day completion windows). DUI also performs sole-source naval modernization work: an August 2023 $37,395.50 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for flexible extreme-mission drysuits and charcoal, delivered from San Diego.

Recent activity is stable but lightweight. Awards per year have fluctuated between 6 and 19 over the past five years (2022–2026), with 2025 posting 19 awards and 2026 showing only 6 awards year-to-date (data current through June 2026). The combined obligated dollar amount ($17 million) exceeds combined potential value ($10 million), indicating DUI has executed and invoiced against prior-year ceiling capacity or has received modifications that obligated funds in excess of individual task-order ceilings. The recompete cliff is minimal: only 3 awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $114 thousand. This low exposure reflects DUI's heavy reliance on two long-lived vehicles (Coast Guard BPA through 2028 and GSA Schedule through 2028), both well outside the near-term recompete window.

DUI operates primarily as a prime contractor; the vendor footprint includes only 2 sub-awards (less than 1% of 681 total awards), both to HII Mission Technologies Corp for Special Projects and Operational Testing (SPOT) work at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division—an upgraded prototype suit (January 2025) and custom wet suits (May 2024). These sub-awards suggest DUI supplies specialized components or prototypes into Navy R&D chains rather than acting as a strategic subcontractor to major primes.

Production and service delivery are centered in San Diego, California (headquarters and primary manufacturing), with subordinate operations in Broomfield, Colorado, and identified foreign manufacturing in Redcar/Cleveland, England, and Taurage, Lithuania. Coast Guard repair and field services are performed at customer locations (multiple air stations nationwide) and in San Diego.