GL Power, Inc.

GL Power, Inc., a Madison, Ohio-based small business, is a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) specializing in marine propulsion system components, equipment overhaul, and repair services for federal maritime and defense agencies. The company operates as a for-profit parent entity with a subsidiary, Great Lakes Power Service Company, and competes predominantly full-and-open with a Total Small Business set-aside footprint recurring across roughly 40% of its prime contracts; the remaining work splits between competitive full-and-open and no set-aside designations.

GL Power's customer concentration is heavily skewed to the Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard, which accounts for 33 of 68 awards (68% coverage) and $3.5 million combined potential value—more than half of the vendor's active federal footprint. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime ranks second with 13 awards worth $527 thousand, followed by the Naval Supply Systems Command (9 awards, $155 thousand), Naval Air Systems Command (8 awards, $127 thousand), and the Army Corps of Engineers (4 awards, $415 thousand). A tension exists between volume and dollars: the Coast Guard drives both rankings, but the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors $4 million in potential value across a single award, making it the highest-value customer despite minimal award count.

GL Power holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Coast Guard. The first, awarded August 2025 with a $833,565.04 ceiling running through July 2030, covers overhaul of Hamilton Jet Drives (Models HJ213 and HJ292) on USCG Cutter Boat platforms under a Total Small Business set-aside; a May 2026 delivery order against this vehicle for overhaul of seven Hamilton Jet jet drives was valued at $102,846.64. The second Coast Guard IDC, awarded September 2022 with a $564,013.48 ceiling through September 2027, covers supply of overhauled and new Twin Disc marine reduction gears (MG-507A1 and MG-5114SC) with no set-aside; recent delivery orders under this vehicle include a May 2025 task order for four-gear overhaul ($61,190.27) and a July 2025 technical representative services call ($1,144.90). GL Power also places task orders under Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers BPAs and IDCs for Hamilton Jet Drive repair, Twin Disc transmission rebuilds, and related marine equipment maintenance.

Representative prime work includes a $249,626.28 Military Sealift Command purchase order (March 2026) for USS Hershel Woody Williams main diesel engine coupling spare parts delivered from Germany; a $146,709 Defense Logistics Agency total small business set-aside for nine mechanical transmissions (August 2025); a $136,956.20 DLA total small business set-aside for 691 vehicular clutch disk units (November 2025); a $78,685.40 DLA total small business set-aside for 397 vehicular clutch disks (December 2025); a $42,443.38 Army total small business set-aside for rebuild of two Twin Disc marine transmissions for Dredge Merritt (April 2025); and a $40,000 Navy purchase order for marine gears maintenance and labor at Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia (May 2026). GL Power's capability portfolio centers on marine transmission and reduction gear overhaul, Hamilton Jet Drive repair, naval propulsion component supply, and vehicular transmission and axle rebuild—work classified primarily under NAICS 333613 (Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing), 326112 (Ship Building and Repairing), and related maintenance codes.

Activity has grown significantly in 2025 (21 awards, up from 7 per year in 2022–2024), with five awards (combined potential value $358 thousand) scheduled for completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. GL Power subcontracts minimally (1% of awards); a single named sub award was issued to GL Power by Bowhead Marine Support Services, LLC in August 2024 for spare parts, training, and inspection for Kuwait and Israel under an IDIQ. The vendor has been registered in SAM since 2002 and maintains an active federal portfolio across 27 customer agencies, though Coast Guard work comprises the commercial and operational anchor of its business.