Lifesaving Systems LLC

Lifesaving Systems LLC, a Florida-based manufacturer of rescue, safety, and survival equipment, operates as a prime contractor selling specialized lifesaving gear to the Defense Logistics Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other federal defense agencies across full-and-open procurement channels without small business set-asides. The company, a for-profit limited liability corporation headquartered in Apollo Beach with manufacturing operations in Ruskin, competes on the open market and has been registered in SAM.gov since 2002.

Lifesaving Systems LLC's capability footprint centers on the design and manufacture of specialized maritime, aviation, and tactical rescue equipment. The concrete product portfolio includes rigid sea litters (the dominant line item, accounting for 1,260+ purchase orders and delivery orders), survivor rescue slings, helicopter rescue frames, safety swim harnesses, quick strops, shot bags, rope and fiber assemblies, medical kit bags, litter cases and covers, ballast bars, ring buoys, snap hooks, and smoke rescue bags. Recent representative contracts include a $233,511.90 purchase order from the Coast Guard (July 2026) for Triton II MOLLE systems and rescue slings; an $80,141.40 Coast Guard award (August 2025) for twelve Medevac IIA litters, a manufacturer-exclusive 2-piece stainless steel design with 3,000-pound capacity; and a $65,702.13 Defense Logistics Agency Medical Supply Chain purchase order (October 2025) for 39 rigid Stokes litters. All awards carry brand-name or sole-source justifications under FAR 6.302-1(c), reflecting the company's position as original equipment manufacturer of proprietary designs with exclusive technical data ownership.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Defense Logistics Agency's four subordinate components. The DLA Medical Supply Chain accounts for 1,486 awards ($5 million combined potential value) and dominates by volume; the DLA Construction and Equipment component placed 590 awards ($7.8 million); the DLA Aviation component issued 259 awards ($10.1 million, the highest dollar concentration); and the DLA Land and Maritime component executed 60 awards ($2.3 million). The Department of Homeland Security's Coast Guard accounts for 509 awards ($7 million). Together, these five customer agencies represent 78% of total award count and 17% of the $195.1 million combined potential value across the full award footprint—reflecting the prevalence of small purchase orders and delivery orders across DLA's medical and construction supply chains alongside larger single awards from the Coast Guard.

Lifesaving Systems LLC holds multiple active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA components. A $250,000 single-award IDV with DLA Aviation for survivor rescue slings runs through May 3, 2027; a second $250,000 DLA Aviation IDV for aviation rescue equipment (awarded September 2, 2025) extends through September 1, 2030; a third $250,000 DLA Aviation IDV (awarded August 13, 2025) runs through August 12, 2030; and a $350,000 single-award IDV with DLA Land and Maritime for buckles (National Stock Number 5340016051247) concludes February 9, 2027. The Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0078H represents the largest vehicle by task-order count (566 orders, $6.5 million combined potential value). A legacy $249,000 IDV with DLA Medical Supply Chain for rigid sea litters, originally awarded October 10, 2024, is referenced repeatedly across 2025–2026 purchase orders and delivery orders and scheduled completion October 8, 2025 (now likely recompeted or renewed).

Activity has remained flat year-over-year across 2022–2025, cycling between 181 and 206 awards annually; 2026 shows 73 awards through mid-July, pacing toward a roughly 150–170 year-end total. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months is minimal: only two awards ($7 thousand combined potential value) are scheduled for completion by October 2026, limiting near-term competitive exposure. The overwhelming majority of work is transactional purchase orders and delivery orders under standing IDVs, with typical order values ranging from $700 to $50,000, reflective of DLA's routine replenishment procurement for specialized medical and rescue components.

Lifesaving Systems LLC subcontracts minimally; the source lists only two sub-awards, one with Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. (June 2024) for Triton II Assembly Large Black lifesaving systems. The company operates as a pure prime manufacturer-supplier, not a systems integrator, and does not appear to hold teaming relationships with larger primes in the source.

Award distribution by NAICS code reflects the company's manufacturing posture: Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (1,264 awards), All Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (575 awards), and Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (352 awards) dominate. By Product Service Code, Hospital Furniture, Equipment, Utensils, and Supplies (1,314 awards) and Safety and Rescue Equipment (705 awards) lead, followed by Marine Lifesaving and Diving Equipment (509 awards). This product-code concentration underscores the company's focus on specialized defense and maritime rescue gear rather than broad-based services or IT work.

Only $39 million of the $195.1 million combined potential value across the full 3,724 awards has been obligated (20%), reflecting the prevalence of small-value, non-competitive purchase orders that sit on contract pending issuance and fulfillment. The vendor competes entirely in full-and-open, non-set-aside channels and has not diversified into civilian agency procurement or contract vehicles outside DLA and the Coast Guard. Lifesaving Systems LLC is the sole or primary supplier for manufacturer-exclusive rescue and medical transport equipment, a posture reinforced by federal justifications for brand-name sole-source procurement under FAR 6.302-1(c) across nearly every award sampled.