Marine Solutions Inc.

Marine Solutions Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Nicholasville, Kentucky, delivers waterfront infrastructure engineering, bridge inspection and assessment, underwater assessments, and marine construction design-build services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on Army Corps of Engineers dam projects. Marine Solutions competes predominantly under small business set-asides, particularly in its $249 million multiple-award IDIQ with Naval Facilities Engineering Command designated for total small business participation, though the majority of its individual task orders carry no set-aside restriction once awarded under the parent vehicle. The company holds SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business status and is DOT-certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.

Marine Solutions' customer concentration is extreme. The Department of the Navy accounts for 99% of combined potential value across 172 recent awards, with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) anchoring 76 awards valued at $332.5 million and Navy Installations Command placing 40 awards valued at $16.4 million. This concentration reflects Marine Solutions' entrenched position on NAVFAC's waterfront construction and engineering services vehicles. Three Army Corps of Engineers districts (Tulsa, Philadelphia, and Kansas City) round out the top five funding agencies but represent less than 4% of the portfolio. Capability work is concrete and recurring: waterfront facility inspections and assessments at naval installations including Naval Station Norfolk, Joint Base Little Creek, Naval Air Station Oceana, and Naval Support Facility Dahlgren (firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from $100 thousand to $2.1 million); bridge inspections and assessments across Navy and Marine Corps installations domestically and overseas (Hawaii, Japan, Guam); underwater electromagnetic measurement geotechnical investigation at Naval Station Norfolk ($143.5 thousand); and design-build waterfront construction for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System ($9.34 million definitive contract awarded by Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Tulsa in March 2026 for replacement guide wall extension at W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam 14). A $2.43 million sole-source award from Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia in 2022 exercised options on an underlying contract for work in Lehighton, Pennsylvania.

Vehicle position is dominated by five NAVFAC indefinite delivery contracts. The newest is a $249 million multiple-award IDIQ awarded in September 2024 for waterfront construction projects in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area, with 37 task orders already issued totaling $6.9 million in combined potential value. Four older NAVFAC vehicles—contract numbers N3943020D2206, N4008514D8132, N3943020D2208, and N3943015D1623—collectively account for 115 task orders valued at $37.4 million, reflecting Marine Solutions' sustained task-order velocity under Navy-managed indefinite delivery contracts. The portfolio carries six task orders worth $18 million facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure.

Activity has remained stable at eight to fifteen awards per year over the past five years (2022: 15 awards; 2023: 9 awards; 2024: 15 awards; 2025: 8 awards; 2026 year-to-date: 3 awards), though the most recent period shows a decline in new orders. Combined potential value across all 172 awards is $368.4 million, with only 14% of that value obligated to date, indicating a pipeline rich in option periods and future delivery order potential under parent vehicles.

Marine Solutions operates as a subcontractor on Army Corps of Engineers work. Named primes include Stantec Consulting Services (commercial diving services for the Keystone Dam Preconstruction Engineering Design project in Oklahoma, awarded October 2025), AECOM Technical Services (dam inspection support on Deep Creek and Gathright Dam projects, awarded May 2025), Reid Middleton Inc. (structural engineering services for Delta Pier repairs, awarded August 2024), and Mn-Bmcd ML Joint Venture (dry dock structural control inspections at Naval Shipyard, awarded December 2024 with amendments). Sub work aligns with the vendor's core waterfront and structural assessment capabilities and tends to carry lower dollar values ($13 thousand to $100 thousand range) relative to prime delivery orders.

The vendor's NAICS footprint confirms the capability narrative: Engineering Services dominates at 114 awards, All Other Support Services at 38, and Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction at 5. Primary PSC codes are Architect and Engineering–General: Other (97 awards), Support–Professional: Other (16 awards), and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment–Ship and Marine Equipment (12 awards). The portfolio spans 24 distinct federal customer agencies, but concentration risk is acute: NAVFAC and subordinate Navy commands represent the operating reality of Marine Solutions' business model.

Marine Solutions, Inc. specializes in marine engineering, commercial diving, marine construction and underwater bridge inspection services.