Elastec Inc.

Elastec Inc., doing business as Elastec / American Marine, manufactures and supplies environmental spill response equipment, oil containment systems, and specialized maritime vessels to federal agencies predominantly as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards). The company is an SBA-certified HUBZone small business headquartered in Carmi, Illinois, structured as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation. Elastec competes across both set-aside and full-and-open procurements, with set-aside activity concentrated in total small business and HUBZone designations; HUBZone sole-source awards surface periodically for specialized capabilities where Elastec holds unique or preferred vendor status.

Elastec's capability portfolio centers on oil containment booms, skimmer systems (including remotely operated variants), boom reels, trash skimmer catamarans, fire booms, incinerators, and purpose-built response vessels. Representative prime work includes a $33.3 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Facilities Engineering Command under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule for comprehensive environmental spill response equipment and services supporting the Omnibus Spill Response Program, with multiple call orders ranging from $17,920 to $741,294; a $375,620 delivery order from Air Force Space Command for a spill response boat at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida; a $261,567 purchase order from the Department of the Interior National Park Service for a river boat replacement at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; and a $472,730 HUBZone sole-source award from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for development of a restricted burning tongue technique for on-water oil containment and burning. Elastec also received a $993,520 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program in May 2024 for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements at its manufacturing facility.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Navy and maritime agencies. Naval Facilities Engineering Command dominates both award count and potential value — 101 awards carrying $6.3 million combined potential value (the top customer by volume and second by dollars) — while GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors the dollar ranking with 8 awards carrying $9 million combined potential value. The top five customers by award count account for 57% of recent awards: NAVFAC (101), Coast Guard (32), Navy Installations Command (19), Navy (15), and Marine Corps (11). The divergence between volume and dollar rankings reflects the BPA vehicle structure, where NAVFAC's high count of smaller call orders ($17,920 to $741,294 range) contrasts with GSA's fewer but larger MAS task orders.

Elastec holds positions on two primary vehicles. The Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0002I carries 156 task orders valued at $4.8 million combined potential value, while the Multiple Award Schedule carries 67 task orders valued at $41.6 million combined potential value. Work against these vehicles spans the full breadth of Elastec's product line — booms, reels, skimmers, vessels, incinerators, and spill response kits — issued by NAVFAC, Coast Guard, Navy Installations Command, Air Force, Marine Corps, and civilian agencies including the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

Activity has accelerated in recent years. Awards per year grew from 7 in 2022 to 25 in 2024 before moderating to 11 in 2025, with only 3 awards recorded as of mid-2026. Combined potential value across 315 awards reaches $56.8 million with $16.8 million obligated (30% realization). Only 7 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $1.4 million), suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure.

Elastec operates as a subcontractor primarily on marine engineering and facilities support contracts. Named prime contractors include Manson / Connolly Seal Beach JV (for PermaFence oil containment booms, multiple 2024 awards), Applied Research Associates (for oil response equipment testing at OHMSETT), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (for IRBM targets and environmental covers, recurring work through at least 2023), and ASRC Communications Ltd. (for operations and maintenance at Eareckson Air Station and other remote airfields, awarded October 2024). Subcontract work centers on supplying specialized equipment (booms, skimmers, vessels) as components of larger system integrations or facilities operations rather than program management or integration roles.

The category concentration reflects Elastec's manufacturing focus: All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing dominates NAICS classification (224 awards), followed by Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (14 awards) and Ship Building and Repairing (5 awards). PSC codes align with the product portfolio — Hazardous Material Spill Containment And Clean-Up Equipment And Material (91 awards), Pontoons And Floating Docks (47 awards), and Waste Disposal Equipment (23 awards) — establishing Elastec as a pure-play spill response equipment manufacturer serving defense, maritime, and environmental mission areas across federal installations and operations.

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