Fairbanks Morse, LLC

Fairbanks Morse, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, supplies marine diesel engines, engine components, ship repair services, and generator sets to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as a prime contractor on 31% of recent awards and as a subcontractor on 69%, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated in naval shipyard and fleet maintenance work. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 113 awards valued at $17.8 million in combined potential value — representing 100% of the top-customer coverage across all five funding agencies in the source. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (10 awards, $382 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command (9 awards, $606 thousand) provide secondary volume. Naval customer concentration is extreme: the top customer represents 81% of the award count and 94% of the combined potential dollar value across the entire portfolio.

Fairbanks Morse's concrete capability portfolio centers on ship repair services, diesel engine components, and generator sets for naval surface combatants and amphibious-class vessels. Representative prime work includes a $1.17 million firm-fixed-price purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for ship repair services at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, awarded January 28, 2026 with completion by April 12, 2026; a $367,587 firm-fixed-price definitive contract from NAVSEA for SSDG (ship service diesel generator) technical support awarded March 21, 2025; and a $13,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard for Foreign Military Sales boat davit inspection and repair supporting Sri Lanka, awarded August 13, 2025. The vendor subcontracts extensively to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc. and BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego Inc., delivering direct subcontract costs on docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) work for USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), USS Green Bay (LPD 20), and USS Essex (LHD 2). Additional sub work includes diesel engine center and combi-cooler components to Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. and non-complex amphibious maintenance to unnamed primes.

Activity has surged sharply in the past twelve months. The vendor received two awards in 2021, one in 2023, seven in 2024, then 88 awards in 2025 — predominantly sub-awards to BAE Systems shipyard primes. This trajectory reflects expanded delivery of repair components and labor support into the Navy's 2025 availabilities. The combined potential value across all 140 awards stands at $18.9 million, though combined dollars obligated total $46.7 million — 247% of the combined potential value ceiling — indicating active task-order execution and contract modifications driving higher invoicing than initial ceiling values. The vendor operates as a subcontractor on 69% of awards and as a prime on 31%, with the sub footprint anchored to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc. (the vast majority of 2025 DSRA sub-awards) and BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair LLC (USS Billings LCS 15 work). SCI records are minimal — only one SCI-reportable record in FY2022 at 0.3 FTEs as a named subcontractor — indicating that most federal revenue flows through goods purchase orders, ship repair labor-hour task orders, and component supply contracts falling below or outside SCI reporting thresholds.

The parent vendor structure shows Fairbanks Morse, LLC as a for-profit manufacturer; the source identifies a child entity also named Fairbanks Morse, LLC (UEI YL54YMGZ41L7) based in National City, California, which carries the five named prime awards in the Federal Contract Awards block. The National City entity's primary business shows stronger activity in goods and diesel engine component supply (NAICS 336611 for ship building and repairing, plus 333618 for other engine equipment manufacturing). The Wisconsin parent carries the broader award portfolio and parent-vehicle engagement, establishing Fairbanks Morse as a vertically integrated marine diesel and generator manufacturer with federal prime and sub capacity in both equipment supply and ship repair labor services.