Lake Assault Boats, LLC

Lake Assault Boats, LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Superior, Wisconsin, designs, manufactures, and maintains custom aluminum boats and specialized maritime equipment for federal agencies, operating as a prime contractor on 90% of recent awards and competing predominantly under small business set-asides. The company is a child entity of Fraser Industries LLC, a partnership headquartered at the same Wisconsin location.

Lake Assault Boats' customer concentration is extreme and highly Navy-centric. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 17 of the company's 51 recent awards and $94.6 million of the $110.3 million combined potential value — 86% of all dollars. The top five customer agencies by award count (NAVSEA, Coast Guard, NOAA, Army Materiel Command, and National Park Service) represent 65% of awards but drive 97% of the potential-value split when GSA (which hosts Lake Assault Boats' Multiple Award Schedule seat) is factored into the top-five ranking by dollars. This concentration signal is decision-relevant: NAVSEA recompetes are the single largest pipeline lever for the vendor and its competitors.

The two dominant NAVSEA vehicles anchor Lake Assault Boats' footprint. The company holds a $15.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0002422D2287) for Oil Spill Response Operational Skimmer equipment and specialized boats with skimmer components, awarded August 31, 2022, running through August 31, 2027, designated as a total small business set-aside. Four delivery orders totaling approximately $3.14 million have been issued under this IDV. The second vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002420D2222, a $59.6 million single-award IDV for force protection medium boats, from which five task orders worth $15.7 million have been placed. Lake Assault Boats also holds a seat on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (13 task orders, $6.6 million combined potential value) and carries positions on two additional NAVSEA IDVs (N5005419D1907 and others). All work under these vehicles is performed in Superior, Wisconsin.

Recent representative prime contracts span the capability portfolio: a $536,217 delivery order from NAVSEA for OSR OP SKIMMER equipment (January 2026), a $300,649 purchase order from the Pacific West Region (National Park Service) to repair Fireboat Brown fire damage (August 2025), a $217,851 purchase order from NOAA to overhaul and store two small boats assigned to the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson (January 2025), a $759,915 delivery order from NAVSEA for force protection medium boats (June 2023), a $315,420 delivery order from the Pacific West Region to deliver a new patrol boat with motors and trailer for Channel Islands National Park under the GSA MAS (September 2022), and a $283,166 delivery order from the Bureau of Reclamation to deliver an SRH survey boat under the MAS (August 2022). The vendor's top PSC categories are small craft (21 awards), maintenance and repair of ships and small craft (10 awards), and maintenance of ship and marine equipment (4 awards). NAICS concentration is similarly specific: 34 awards under boat building, 15 under ship building and repairing.

Activity has declined modestly over five years — 11 awards in 2022, declining to 3 in 2026 year-to-date — though this reflects the snapshot window and the concentration of large IDVs with long delivery windows rather than a fundamental contraction signal. Only two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $837,000 combined potential value, indicating low recompete pressure in the near term; the NAVSEA IDVs running through 2027 and 2027 respectively are the material recompete cliffs. The vendor holds a minimal subcontract footprint (5 of 51 awards, 10%), appearing as a sub under QED Systems, Inc. on marine boatyard and industrial support work and under Mare Island Dry Dock LLC on NOAA ship drydock small boat maintenance.

Lake Assault Boats is a mission-specific commercial boat manufacturer headquartered on the shores of Lake Superior. We specialize in fully-welded aluminum tactical response vessels for police, fire, search & rescue, military agencies, federal agencies and others. We are located in Superior, WI with our sister company, Fraser Shipyards Inc.

Lake Assault is staffed with a team of naval architects, engineers, ABS certified welders and technicians. Together we work with you to expertly design and manufacture your specific vessel.

Lake Assault ensures safety and success on the water through demanding sea trials on Lake Superior. Our team tests all aspects of the vessel to ensure that we have built your boat to surpass industry standards for quality, safety, and durability. We have the resources to tend to any needs or concerns you may have at any time.

We are a custom boat builder and we have the ability to design and build the vessel to exactly suit your expectations & mission.