Marquette Transportation Company, LLC
Paducah, KY Doing business as Bluegrass Marine Part of Marquette Transportation Company Holdings, LLC
- UEI
- EYETNRAE5LV9
- CAGE
- 1FEC3
- Primary NAICS
- 483211 Inland Water Freight Transportation
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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Paducah, KY
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Paducah, KY
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 150 Ballard Cir, Paducah, KY 42001, USA
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $2,007,500 |
| FY2025 | $1,280,000 |
| FY2024 | -$235,033 |
| FY2023 | $737,200 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Army | $2,007,500 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental of one towboat without personnel | ENDIST Louisville (USACE) | $2,007,500 | |
| Olmsted vessel charter | ENDIST Louisville (USACE) | $1,280,000 | |
| Olmsted workboat bare charter | ENDIST Louisville (USACE) | $442,320 | |
| Shreve towing | ENDIST Louisville (USACE) | $0 | |
| Nmcm discrep 20011 tow CGC obion to homeport | Coast Guard | $4,500 |
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Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc. | 02F59901 | $1,714,152 |
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About the company
Marquette Transportation Company, LLC, doing business as Bluegrass Marine, is a for-profit limited liability company based in Paducah, Kentucky, that charters towboats and workboats to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for inland waterway infrastructure projects, operating as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations. The company is a child entity of Marquette Transportation Company Holdings, LLC.
Bluegrass Marine's federal footprint centers entirely on the Army Corps of Engineers, which accounts for all but one of nine total awards and the vast majority of the combined $17.3 million in potential value. The two highest-value recent awards are a $7.85 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the Engineering District Louisville for the rental of one towboat without personnel through June 2029, and a $1.28 million purchase order for chartering the Olmsted Vessel in support of the Olmsted Locks and Dam project on the Ohio River, awarded in July 2025. A third award from May 2023 was a $442,320 purchase order for a bare workboat charter for the same Olmsted project. All three awards are undesignated full-and-open procurements. The company also holds a terminated purchase order from August 2021 (Shreve Towing) with the Corps of Engineers. A single sub-award appears in the source: a federal grant sub-award from Louisiana Clean Fuels, Inc., dated October 2024, for replacing old towboat engines with Tier 3 engines along the Mississippi River.
Work is performed in Olmsted, Illinois and La Center, Kentucky, aligned with Corps of Engineers lock and dam construction and maintenance along the inland waterway system. Activity has been episodic — one award per year in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024, with two awards in 2025 — rather than sustained growth. Across all nine awards, $11.7 million has been obligated to date (68% of combined potential value). The vendor's capability portfolio, reflected in primary NAICS codes Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing and Inland Water Freight Transportation, is limited to bare-boat and towboat chartering for federal waterway projects.
Quick answers
Is Marquette Transportation Company, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Marquette Transportation Company, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through February 3, 2027.
How much has Marquette Transportation Company, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $1,280,000 to Marquette Transportation Company, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $3,789,667 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Marquette Transportation Company, LLC rank among federal contractors?
Marquette Transportation Company, LLC ranked #8 in NAICS 532411, #19 in NAICS 53241 and #61 in NAICS 5324 in FY2025.
What is Marquette Transportation Company, LLC's most recent federal award?
Marquette Transportation Company, LLC's most recent federal contract award is Rental of one towboat without personnel (W912QR26PA003), from ENDIST Louisville (USACE), on December 17, 2025.
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