The General Ship Repair Corporation

The General Ship Repair Corporation, doing business as General Ship Repair Corp, a Baltimore-based for-profit small business, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) providing vessel maintenance, repair, and dry-dock services to federal maritime agencies under small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company competes primarily under Total Small Business set-aside designations on smaller purchase orders and firm fixed-price contracts, though its anchoring vehicle—an $11.2 million Coast Guard Indefinite Delivery Contract—carries no set-aside.

General Ship Repair Corp's customer concentration sits with the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of the Navy. The top customer by award count (Department of the Navy, 34 awards) and by potential value (Coast Guard, $28.7 million across 19 awards) together account for 73% of awards; the Army Corps of Engineers represents the third major customer, though spread across two district contracting offices. This ranking tension reflects the Coast Guard's single large IDC anchoring the dollars, while Navy awards arrive as smaller purchase orders. The company holds the $11.2 million Coast Guard IDC (awarded September 2023, running through September 2028) for dry-dock and emergency repairs to 65-foot harbor tugs along the East Coast, with firm fixed-price task orders issued from ports including Southwest Harbor, Boston, Philadelphia, and Bayonne. The Corps of Engineers Engineering District Baltimore and Philadelphia drive additional volume through purchase orders for debris vessel and barge maintenance within the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries.

Recent capability work illustrates the footprint. A June 2026 NOAA purchase order for $41,381 covers biennial replacement of approximately 68 hydraulic hoses on the 55-foot research vessel R/V Chesapeake, with work completed within 21 days onboard in Cambridge, Maryland. A September 2025 Army Corps award for $456,349 (Total Small Business set-aside) required comprehensive maintenance and readiness on the BD-5 Debris Vessel using certified welders and marine electricians meeting American Boat and Yacht Council standards. A February 2025 Naval Research Laboratory purchase order for $510,689 covered maintenance on the Torpedo Weapons Retriever/Security Craft (TWR-6) vessel at the contractor's shipyard facility. A February 2024 Coast Guard definitive contract worth $1.78 million covered dockside repair services under FMS LOA CE-P-SAK at EDA Dockside, and an April 2025 definitive contract for $875,830 provided dockside availability support for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.

Activity has been episodic across the five-year window: three awards in 2022, three in 2023, six in 2024, five in 2025, and one to date in 2026. The recompete cliff carries minimal risk—only one award ($41 thousand) completes within the next twenty-four months. The company received a $364,311 Maritime Administration grant (CFDA 20.814, award date August 2024, completion August 2026) under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program to acquire blast and paint shelter, ultra-high pressure water blasting equipment, and air drying units, signaling capacity expansion in the federal shipyard base. General Ship Repair Corp subcontracts at low volume to Reliance Test & Technology, LLC on Navy vessel overhaul work. Across all awards, the footprint centers on NAICS 482411 (Ship Building and Repairing), with secondary activity in water transportation support and equipment maintenance, aligned with PSC codes for non-nuclear ship repair, miscellaneous vessels, and ship and marine equipment maintenance.

SHIP REPAIRS AND CONVERSIONS; MACHINING, STEEL REPAIR AND FABRICATION, PIPE FABRICATION, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS, SANDBLASTING AND COATINGS, PUMP REPAIRS, MOTOR REWINDS, VALVES OVERHAULED, CONSTRUCTION OF BARGES AND VESSELS UP TO 200 FEET IN LENGTH; MACH SHOP