J. Goodison Company

J. Goodison Company Shipyard Division, a North Kingstown, Rhode Island–based veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, delivers ship repair, drydock maintenance, and vessel preservation services to the U.S. Coast Guard and allied federal maritime agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and holds three active Coast Guard multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts valued at $26.3 million, $10.4 million, and $7 million. Nearly all of J. Goodison's federal footprint—100% of recent awards—flows through prime contracts rather than subcontractor relationships; the company competes exclusively under small-business set-asides across its active portfolio.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard dominates the award count: 164 awards (75% coverage) carrying $203 million in combined potential value, with the remaining dollars split among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (7 awards, $5.4 million), the General Services Administration ($7.5 million, 1 award), the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (2 grant awards), and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. This concentration reflects J. Goodison's narrow specialization in Coast Guard vessel maintenance rather than a diversified customer base. The company's work scope sits within NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) and PSC codes for non-nuclear ship repair and marine equipment maintenance, with 218 of 232 awards classified under ship building and repair.

Work performed under J. Goodison's Coast Guard IDIQs centers on firm-fixed-price drydock repairs, emergency underwater hull body repairs, tank cleaning and inspection, propulsion system maintenance, ultrasonic thickness testing, welding, cathodic protection replacement, and ultra-high-pressure water jetting. Recent representative prime contracts include a $1.28 million definitive contract (May 2026) for the USCGC Tahoma tank cleaning and inspection work at Newport, Rhode Island; a $1.48 million definitive contract (September 2025) for the USCGC Melvin Bell propulsion and hull repairs; a $1.03 million delivery order (July 2026) for the USCGC Thunder Bay drydock repairs; and a $171 thousand purchase order (June 2025) from NOAA for the research vessel Gloria Michelle summer haulout and steel repairs. J. Goodison also holds two Maritime Administration project grants under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814): a $704 thousand award (July 2023) for a 176-ton hydraulic vessel transporter and a $274 thousand award (August 2025) for welding equipment and press brake installation.

Activity has remained steady at seven to eleven awards per fiscal year from 2022 through 2026, with eight awards (combined potential value $5.6 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and facing recompete. The top five parent vehicles—tracked by task order count—include the Coast Guard IDIQ for Dockside Maintenance (25 task orders, $4.5 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z08518DP4592900 (12 task orders, $9.2 million), HSCG8008D000806 (8 task orders, $244 thousand), and two additional Coast Guard IDIQs. Across these vehicles, J. Goodison performs drydocking, emergency vessel repairs, and water jetting services at Northeast and Mid-Atlantic shipyard facilities, including Curtis Bay, Baltimore.

Service Contract Inventory data captures a partial view of federal service-contract invoicing above the $150 thousand threshold, excluding goods and classified work. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $12 million across FY2022–FY2024, with peak activity in FY2023 ($6.8 million across 18.4 FTEs) and lower volumes in FY2024 ($2.4 million across 4.1 FTEs). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $130.72 per hour through a median of $185.79 per hour to a 90th percentile of $259.84 per hour, reflecting a mix of labor categories from vessel technicians to engineering and project management. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for zero percent of total contractor hours, indicating J. Goodison builds and delivers its own technical workforce rather than relying on sub-tier labor.

One subcontract award appears in the source: a task order modification (July 2024) to ASRC Federal Field Services, a prime contractor, with description limited to SOW-defined services and realigned funding.

At J. Goodison, we primarily serve various shipyards throughout the Eastern United States as well as government and military customers including the Air National Guard, United States Coast Guard, United States Navy, and the Naval Underwater Sea Center.