HOC Services, Inc.

HOC Services, Inc., a small-business Subchapter S corporation based in Homer, Alaska, provides vessel charter and maritime lease services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards), competing predominantly under total small-business set-asides in Alaska's coastal marine environment. The vendor specializes in oceanographic research vessel charters, winter marine bird survey support, and operational maritime asset leases for NOAA, the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service, Special Operations Command, and the Department of the Navy across NAICS codes 483112 (Deep Sea Passenger Transportation), 532411 (Vessel Leasing), and related coastal transportation categories.

HOC Services holds a concentrated customer base within Alaskan federal operations. The Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 accounts for the largest award volume (8 awards, $111 thousand combined potential value), but the Department of the Navy's Pacific Fleet Forces dominates the potential-value ranking ($1.3 million across 3 awards), with Special Operations Command contributing $593 thousand across 2 awards. The top five customers account for 67% of award count and 88% of combined potential value, reflecting a geographic and mission-specific concentration in Alaska-based marine operations. Recent representative work includes a $216,125 National Park Service winter marine bird survey vessel charter (awarded February 6, 2026, with ultimate completion April 2030 and four optional one-year renewal periods), a $200,557 Special Operations Command maritime vessel lease for Prince William Sound operations (awarded February 23, 2026), a $392,000 USSOCOM non-standard trawler-style motor yacht lease in Nome (awarded August 2, 2025), and a $78,400 Fish and Wildlife Service oceanographic research vessel charter in Prince William Sound (awarded June 24, 2025).

Activity remains sparse and episodic — one or two awards per year since 2019 — with combined potential value of $3.2 million across 27 total awards in source coverage. HOC Services operates as a subcontractor to Battelle Memorial Institute on vessel-support work (March 2024). The vendor's capability portfolio centers entirely on U.S. Coast Guard-certified or commercial-quality vessels meeting specific operational requirements (station-keeping capability, bow thrusters, enclosed bridges, capacity for 6–10 personnel bunks, minimum 65–70 foot lengths), with the vendor managing all arrangement, fueling, berthing, harbor movement, meals, and crew costs under firm fixed-price purchase orders and leases. Government-supplied cleared captains or research teams provide operational direction, positioning HOC Services as a bareboat-style lessor or charter operator rather than a full-service marine contractor.

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