J.l. Dobbs, Inc.

J.L. Dobbs, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Thorofare, New Jersey with operations in Colts Neck, New Jersey, operates as a prime contractor specializing in hydraulic mobile crane rental services to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, competing exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across the vast majority of its work. The vendor has established itself as the dominant equipment rental provider to Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), supporting port operations, ship maintenance, ordnance handling, and infrastructure maintenance at Naval Weapons Station Earle and other East Coast Navy and Coast Guard facilities.

J.L. Dobbs delivers shore-based mobile crane rental services with lift capacities ranging from 75 to 250 tons, performing work exclusively as a prime contractor without significant subcontracting involvement. Recent representative work includes delivery orders for crane services supporting the USNS Supply ($46,826.40), crane rentals for Naval Weapons Station Earle operations ($429,606.20 for Q1 FY25 services), and a $145,900 small-business set-aside purchase order from Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region for crane services at Fort Drum, New York in 2022. The vendor's capability footprint centers entirely on equipment rental rather than engineering or specialized labor; all services are priced firm fixed-price on a per-occurrence or period-of-performance basis.

Customer concentration is extreme. NAVFAC accounts for 209 awards (97% of the 222 total awards in the source) and $10.2 million of $10.7 million combined potential value (95%). The remaining customer agencies—Coast Guard, Army, and Navy Installations Command—collectively represent fewer than 10 awards and less than $300 thousand in potential value. Within NAVFAC's portfolio, two single-award IDCs anchor the vendor's revenue: Indefinite Delivery Contract N4008521D0062 with 121 task orders worth $1.7 million, and IDC N4008517D2334 with 85 task orders worth $963 thousand. Both IDCs carry ultimate completion dates of June 30, 2026, creating a recompete cliff at that boundary.

The parent vehicle position is singular. J.L. Dobbs holds a single-award IDC with NAVFAC (awarded September 30, 2021, ceiling $2,026,775, extending through June 30, 2026) for shore-based mobile crane rentals supporting Naval Weapons Station Earle and other East Coast Navy and Coast Guard facilities. Delivery orders under this vehicle range from $1,880 to $429,606 and are issued on an as-needed basis to support episodic operational requirements such as vessel maintenance, cargo handling, and port infrastructure work. The vendor does not sit on GSA Schedules, GWACs, or other multi-agency vehicles.

Activity has been consistent but recently sparse. Awards averaged 32–33 per year from 2022 through 2024, but declined sharply to only 4 awards in 2025 and 14 in 2026 year-to-date through April—a 60 percent contraction from the 2022–2024 baseline. The recompete cliff is material: the underlying NAVFAC IDC expires June 30, 2026, placing 121 and 85 task orders (representing $2.7 million in combined potential value across the two primary vehicles) at immediate recompete risk. Of 222 total awards in the source, the vast majority carry completion dates on or before June 30, 2024–2026, creating rolling recompete exposure through mid-2026. The vendor's entire addressable market appears to be contingent on NAVFAC's renewal of its IDCs.

J.L. Dobbs competes in PSC 19 (Equipment Rental) and NAICS 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors), with 211 of 222 awards classified under lease-or-rental-of-materials-handling-equipment. The vendor does not engage in subcontracting and does not pursue set-aside categories; its single small-business set-aside award (the $145,900 Fort Drum contract in 2022 and the $4,350 Coast Guard crane service lift in 2024) appear opportunistic rather than programmatic. The vendor's business model is equipment provision on a rental or short-term service basis, not labor augmentation or specialized technical services.

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