Gilman Corporation The

Gilman Corporation The, doing business as Gilman Corp, is a Connecticut-based manufacturer of ionomer foam maritime safety equipment that operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) supplying the federal government with foam buoys, fenders, and related navigational aids on full-and-open delivery orders with no set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Bozrah, Connecticut, with secondary operations in Willimantic, and has held SAM.gov registration since 2001.

Gilman's federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated in Coast Guard procurement. The U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 749 of 897 total awards (88% by count) and $153.8 million of $164.1 million in combined potential value (94%)—a customer concentration that dominates both volume and dollars. The next tier of customers (NOAA, National Park Service Intermountain and Southeast Regions, Navy, and Army Corps of Engineers) together represent only 12% of awards and 3% of potential value. Recent award activity shows year-on-year volatility: 30 awards in 2022, declining to 16 by 2024, then recovering to 18 in 2026 (through September), against a baseline of seven awards in 2025. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $164.1 million, with $72.5 million obligated (44% burn rate).

Gilman's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing lighted and unlighted ionomer foam buoys conforming to Coast Guard specifications, complemented by ship and dock fenders and fender components. Representative recent work includes a $1.284 million delivery order (September 28, 2026) for foam buoys to various Coast Guard units with completion August 10, 2027; a $722,885 delivery order (May 13, 2026) for 162 ionomer foam navigation buoys of various types and sizes destined for Portsmouth, Virginia; Atlantic Beach, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Santa Rita, Guam; and a $261,225 delivery order (August 24, 2026) for foam buoys supporting the Oceana District in Honolulu, Hawaii. Outside the Coast Guard, Gilman holds a $239 thousand NOAA purchase order (April 29, 2026) for 3M VE foam buoy hulls and ionomer foam inserts, and a $112,225 National Park Service purchase order (February 10, 2025) under a total small business set-aside for 60 aids-to-navigation buoys for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Gilman holds three active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Coast Guard. The primary vehicle, awarded December 18, 2025, carries a $22.356 million ceiling through December 17, 2030, for purchase and delivery of foam buoys to Coast Guard locations nationwide, incorporating economic price adjustment clauses for metals and diesel fuel. A second IDC, awarded March 4, 2022, carries a $5.395 million ceiling through March 3, 2027, for fenders and fender components, with economic price adjustment. A third vehicle, referenced in source materials as carrying a $29.704 million total small business set-aside ceiling (May 2020 through May 2025), supported numerous delivery orders through its expiration. From the top parent vehicles block, Gilman places task orders under five Coast Guard IDCs: HSCG8409DAA5320 (126 task orders, $7.7 million), DTCG2399DTCB004 (120 task orders, $168 thousand), HSCG8415DBB5058 (112 task orders, $11.1 million), HSCG2304DTCB008 (111 task orders, $22.5 million), and 70Z08420DBB500700 (83 task orders, $13 million).

The NAICS footprint reflects manufacturing specialization: Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (NAICS 325991, 398 awards), Urethane and Other Foam Product Manufacturing (NAICS 326150, 113 awards), and All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (NAICS 326199, 88 awards). Top PSC codes align: Buoys (648 awards), Plastics Fabricated Materials (85 awards), and Marine Hardware and Hull Items (76 awards). Gilman does not subcontract and carries no set-aside designations across its prime footprint; all awards are full-and-open competition. Place of performance is Gilman's Bozrah and Willimantic, Connecticut facilities, with deliveries to Coast Guard bases and other federal facilities nationwide, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Thirteen awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.7 million and face recompete exposure.

NAVIGATION, SCIENTIFIC AND MOORING BUOYS, SHIP AND DOCK FENDERS, FLOATS AND BOOMS OF ANY SIZE.