Marine Design & Operations Inc.

Marine Design & Operations Inc., a minority-owned, Subcontinent Asian American-owned small business based in Colonia, New Jersey, provides naval architecture and marine engineering services to federal maritime agencies as a prime contractor on 98% of recent awards. The vendor competes exclusively under the Total Small Business set-aside category across its prime footprint, with all four largest federal customers—the Maritime Administration, the Department of the Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Military Sealift Command—awarding work under small-business set-asides.

Customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. The Maritime Administration funds 47 awards carrying $10.8 million combined potential value, representing 76% of the vendor's award portfolio by volume and 77% of total potential value. The Secretary of the Navy drives 16 awards worth $750 thousand combined, and NOAA accounts for 5 awards worth $131 thousand. The two customer-concentration rankings track closely, indicating sustained engagement across multiple vessel classes and engineering disciplines rather than isolated large-dollar procurements. The vendor's top vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract 6933A224D000001 with the Secretary of the Navy, which anchors 25 task orders worth $4.4 million combined potential value and supports the Ready Reserve Force and School Ship programs through January 31, 2029. A second Navy IDC (DTMA1D00002) spans 27 task orders worth $521 thousand. The Maritime Administration holds a $6.8 million single-award IDC awarded February 1, 2024, for naval architect and marine engineering services through January 31, 2029, under which the vendor has issued task orders for vessel design, feasibility studies, equipment procurement, and engineering assessments across multiple Ready Reserve Fleet vessels. The vendor also holds a position on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, with 7 task orders worth $303 thousand.

Representative work spans vessel engineering, design, and operational support. The vendor delivered concept design development for a National Defense Sealift Vessel (575' to 750') under a $2.45 million Time and Materials task order from Maritime Administration awarded September 23, 2024, with performance extending to February 22, 2027. Recent work under the Navy IDC includes a $536 thousand Poland Street Wharf Fender System design (February 2024), emergency diesel generator procurement for Cape K ($99 thousand), stateroom support services ($237 thousand), and barge deck equipment study work ($143 thousand), as well as pilot door installation drawings, crane design phases, and SBRF pier repairs. The vendor also executed a $50 thousand purchase order for engineering services from Naval Sea Systems Command in April 2022.

Activity trajectory accelerated recently, with one award in 2015, one in 2022, eighteen in 2024, five in 2025, and five in 2026 through mid-September. Seven awards worth $3 million combined potential value carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete risk. The Service Contract Inventory dataset captures minimal activity—$87 thousand invoiced in FY2024 on federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold, delivered by 0.2 FTEs at a derived government-paid rate of $174.39 per hour. SCI data reflect a narrow slice of the vendor's federal marine engineering footprint; the vast majority of work flows through fixed-price and time-and-materials task orders outside the SCI reporting scope. Performance occurs at the vendor's Colonia, New Jersey headquarters and at subordinate locations including San Francisco, Norfolk, Beaumont, Jacksonville, and Washington, DC. The vendor subcontracts to Crowley Government Services, Inc., for vessel operations and maintenance work under the N105C/PM2 CIELECKI contract, with two named sub-awards in 2025 for drydock specification support and crane controls relocation.

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, MARINE ENGINEERING, SHIP DESIGN, SEAPORT DEVELOPMENT, SEAPORT SYSTEMS, SEAPORT ENGINEERING