Marine Express, Inc.

Marine Express, Inc., a for-profit harbor services company based in Pittsburg, California, provides marine tug services, waste removal, sewage pumpout, and environmental remediation services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across full-and-open procurements. The vendor does not hold SBA set-aside certifications and competes in the commercial market; recent awards span purchase orders under no set-aside, a Total Small Business set-aside designation on one NOAA contract, and task orders against Coast Guard indefinite delivery vehicles.

Marine Express operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of its 73 recent awards are primes — with no subcontract footprint. The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to maritime and environmental agencies. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard dominates both volume and dollars, accounting for 39 awards (68% of the award count among top customers) valued at $284 thousand in combined potential value. The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration follows with 7 awards and $55 thousand combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command, the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Portland, and the Air Force Air Mobility Command round out the active set with single or paired awards. These top customers represent 68% of award count and 64% of combined potential value.

Marine Express places recurring task orders under two Coast Guard indefinite delivery contracts — DTCG8901D6SAX99 (23 task orders, $172 thousand combined potential value) and DTCG8901DSAX99 (1 task order). The vendor's capability portfolio clusters in two areas: hazardous waste treatment and disposal (28 awards) and inland water passenger transportation, which includes tug services (17 awards). Representative work includes a $15 thousand tug services purchase order for USCGC Active awarded by the Coast Guard on September 16, 2026; a $7.9 thousand waste oil pumpoff for NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer awarded by NOAA on September 19, 2023; and a $22.9 thousand sewage services contract for USCGC HEALY awarded by the Coast Guard on December 5, 2022. All work is performed on the West Coast, primarily in Alameda and San Francisco, California.

Activity is sparse and episodic — two awards in 2018, two in 2019, two in 2022, four in 2023, and one in 2026 — with a combined potential value of $642 thousand across all awards. Combined obligated dollars ($778 thousand) exceed combined potential value, indicating task orders that executed above contract ceiling or prior-year obligations flowing into recent periods. The vendor's total award footprint spans 73 contracts and task orders since 2000, serving seven distinct federal customer agencies over two and a half decades, with no IDV prime positions, no subcontractor relationships, and no participation in government-wide acquisition vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs.