Hunt Underwater Specialties, LLC

Hunt Underwater Specialties, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Watertown, New York, provides commercial diving inspection, maintenance, and repair services to federal water-infrastructure agencies as a prime contractor exclusively. The company specializes in underwater assessment and emergency diving work at lock and dam facilities, competing under total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations.

Hunt Underwater Specialties operates entirely within a two-agency customer base, reflecting deep regional specialization. The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (Department of Transportation) accounts for 8 of 9 awards and $80 thousand of the combined $99 thousand potential value across the vendor's prime portfolio. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New York District holds one award for $19.335 thousand. Work centers on the Snell Lock, Eisenhower Lock, and Troy Lock and Dam facilities in the Great Lakes-Atlantic maritime corridor, with typical assignments including diving inspections and cleaning of lock sills, underwater repairs to air curtain systems, and emergency diving response. Recent representative work includes a $13.2 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from the Seaway Development Corporation in May 2026 for diver inspection of the Seaway Guardian, Trident, and air curtains at Massena, New York (due date May 28, 2026); a $7.1 thousand purchase order from the same agency in January 2026 for inspection and cleaning of lock sills to enable stop-log installation for winter maintenance; and a $19.3 thousand purchase order from the Army Corps of Engineers' New York District awarded in November 2021 for diving services at Troy Lock and Dam, designated as Option Year 4 under an existing vehicle with ultimate completion in November 2026.

Hunt Underwater Specialties holds a $30 thousand blanket purchase agreement with the Seaway Development Corporation for on-call underwater diving services, with one task order generating $5 thousand in potential value in the recent snapshot. Work is performed in Massena, New York and Troy, New York. The vendor's award activity is episodic — two awards in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with $19 thousand (combined potential value $19 thousand) of the portfolio reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The company operates as a regional specialist with no subcontract footprint and no parent vehicles beyond the single Seaway BPA, limiting its exposure to broader federal procurement vehicles. Combined dollars obligated total $58 thousand against the $99 thousand combined potential value (59% obligation rate), reflecting the firm-fixed-price, purchase-order nature of the work.