Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC

Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Covington, Louisiana, provides specialized vessel time-charter and maritime support services to the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard as a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) competing on unrestricted, full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates Jones Act-qualified U.S. flag vessels in deep-sea freight transportation (NAICS 483111), coastal operations, and submarine rescue missions, with work performed across the continental United States, Caribbean Basin, Gulf of America, Pacific Area, and polar regions.

Hornbeck's customer footprint concentrates sharply with the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command, which accounts for 23 of 29 recent awards (97% coverage by award count) and $990.2 million of the $1.09 billion combined potential value. The U.S. Coast Guard represents the second customer, holding 2 awards for $99 million. Military Sealift Command awards dominate both volume and dollar value; the two rankings track identically, reflecting sustained engagement with a single customer across multiple vessel charters and operational missions. The vendor maintains one parent vehicle seat: the USCG Time Charter Vessel Services for Command Control and Logistics IDIQ ($99 million ceiling, awarded April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031), under which it holds a multiple-award position and has placed one initial task order valued at $10,000.

Recent representative prime work includes a $72.9 million firm fixed-price contract with Military Sealift Command (awarded February 23, 2023) for time-charter of the HOS Red Dawn to tow an acoustic array in support of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)-E program through September 30, 2026; a $64.7 million definitive contract (awarded August 31, 2023) for long-term charter of a stern landing vessel serving the west coast and western Pacific through August 30, 2027; and multiple submarine rescue vessel charters including a $16.5 million 180-day special time charter (awarded February 28, 2026) for SURTASS-E operations on a sole-source basis, and a $16.1 million submarine rescue operation charter (awarded January 16, 2026) positioning a NATO Submarine Rescue System and Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System-capable vessel at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Hornbeck also holds a $33.996 million contract for operation and maintenance of TAGSE vessels (awarded February 27, 2026) and a prior $63.66 million contract for T-AGSE vessel operations (awarded March 1, 2025).

Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to five in 2026 year-to-date, with seven awards (combined potential value $205.3 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. The vendor subcontracts to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. on a lost-object recovery vessel-support sub-award (May 2024, $5.7 million value) and participates as a sub-recipient on a University of South Florida National Science Foundation-funded collaborative research grant (awarded January 16, 2025) focused on continental shelf geodesy and low-cost seafloor geodetic systems development. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $899.7 million (83% of combined potential value), indicating substantial execution and billing against the backlog. Hornbeck's capability portfolio centers on specialized maritime transportation—acoustic towing operations, submarine rescue platform services, stern landing vessel operations, and general time-charter logistics support for Navy and Coast Guard missions—with vessel availability, crew rotation, at-sea resupply, and specialized equipment-handling capabilities as primary technical differentiators.