Hawaii Resource Group LLC

Hawaii Resource Group LLC, doing business as Honolulu Marine, is a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business and Native Hawaiian Organization-owned firm based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that provides vessel charter, marine transportation, and logistical support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The company operates across Deep Sea Freight Transportation (NAICS 483111) and Ship Building and Repairing (NAICS 4812), with place of performance centered in Honolulu and extending to the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, and broader Pacific region operations.

The company's federal footprint spans 122 awards over three decades, with recent activity showing four to six awards annually between 2023 and 2025. Combined potential value across all awards reaches $140.9 million, with $95.1 million obligated (67% of potential). Honolulu Marine competes predominantly under full-and-open designations; its recent awards split between Total Small Business set-asides and non-set-aside competitive procurements, with no 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB framing recurrent in the award data.

Customer concentration reflects diversified federal maritime demand. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 anchors the portfolio by both volume and dollars—25 awards worth $36.2 million combined potential value, driven by recurring Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge vessel charter delivery orders issued under two parent vehicles: an $11.5 million single-award IDIQ through July 2030 (awarded July 28, 2025, carrying a Total Small Business set-aside) and a $1.8 million BPA through August 2027 supporting the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Defense Health Agency ($27.2 million combined potential, 5 awards) and Department of Navy Military Sealift Command ($22.4 million, 9 awards) rank second and third by potential value. Navy ranks equal to Fish and Wildlife Service by award count (25 awards), but the two rankings diverge sharply on dollars—Navy awards are concentrated in a smaller number of larger contracts, particularly a $6.61 million Jones Act-qualified vessel time charter awarded November 10, 2021, for submarine operations support at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam running through October 2026. The top five customers by potential value account for 86% of combined potential value across the portfolio.

Honolulu Marine sits on five named parent vehicles. The GWAC 140F0119D0004 carries 20 task orders worth $6.7 million combined potential; the GSA Multiple Award Schedule supports 6 task orders valued at $8.3 million. Indefinite Delivery Contracts N0002492H8652 and W81XWH11D0042 each anchor 4 to 6 task orders, with W81XWH11D0042 carrying $10.5 million potential value. These vehicle positions span civilian and defense customers, with the Fish and Wildlife Service IDIQ and BPA representing the most mature and recurring delivery mechanism.

Representative prime contract work includes a $469,869 delivery order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for Midway Atoll June 2026 voyage support (awarded July 6, 2026, Total Small Business set-aside, firm fixed price, completion October 31, 2026); a $577,337 total small business set-aside purchase order from NOAA for a research and monitoring cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (awarded September 8, 2022, completion September 30, 2023); a $6.61 million definitive contract with Military Sealift Command for Jones Act-qualified vessel time charter supporting submarine operations (awarded November 10, 2021, firm fixed price with reimbursable elements, base plus three one-year options and one eleven-month option, completion October 23, 2026); and a $680,460 total small business set-aside definitive contract from NOAA for marine debris recovery charter services in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (awarded July 22, 2021, completion October 31, 2021). The company also holds a single federal sub-award: a freight modification sub-contract with Environmental Quality Management, Inc., awarded June 14, 2024, with period of performance adjustment through January 31, 2025.

Activity trajectory shows modest variability over the past five years—five awards in 2022, declining to three in both 2025 and 2026 (year-to-date)—with a 24-month recompete cliff of four awards carrying $8.1 million combined potential value. SCI reporting captures limited service-contract activity: $577 thousand in invoiced revenue in FY2023 across 1.8 FTEs on prime records, and 0.2 FTEs in FY2024 as a named subcontractor; SCI hourly rates on prime contracts run at a consistent $154.37 per hour across the 10th percentile, median, and 90th percentile. This SCI footprint is narrow and does not represent the company's broader federal maritime work, which is predominantly goods and product deliveries (vessel charter, transportation services) rather than labor-intensive professional services above the SCI $150,000 threshold. The vendor operates as a self-delivery prime with no average sub-hours share on SCI records, reflecting a lean, owner-operated or direct-staff delivery model.

Marine vessel and equipment construction, engineering services, ship repair, modification, and conversion.