Michigan Wheel Operations, LLC

Michigan Wheel Operations, LLC, doing business as Michigan Wheel Marine, manufactures and supplies marine propulsion components—primarily propellers, corrosion anodes, and propeller parts kits—to federal maritime agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), with a small subcontract role. The company is a small business based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on Coast Guard procurements, with select full-and-open awards from the Defense Logistics Agency and Army Corps of Engineers.

The customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, which accounts for 23 awards totaling $1.9 million in combined potential value (86% of all prime awards and 86% of total dollars). The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime follows distantly with 18 awards worth $105 thousand combined potential value, while the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Philadelphia and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command round out the active set. The two rankings align closely—Coast Guard dominates both volume and dollars—reflecting a single dominant customer relationship rather than diversified portfolio. Recent representative work includes a $200.4 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Coast Guard for five left-hand and three right-hand 4-blade propellers (48-inch diameter, 40-inch pitch, nickel aluminum bronze, NSN 2010-01-534-9095 and 2010-01-534-9089) awarded September 10, 2026; a $176.4 thousand inspection and repair contract for three left-hand marine propellers (NSN 2010-01-628-0276) for WPB Class Cutter maintenance awarded May 10, 2024; and a $26.2 thousand Total Small Business award from USACE for a single right-hand stainless steel propeller with 58.75-inch diameter and 33-inch pitch awarded August 21, 2023. The vendor also supplies commodity items such as corrosion-preventing anodes and propeller parts kits, with a $150 thousand full-and-open anode order from Coast Guard (NSN 5340-01-627-8941, 150 units) awarded September 8, 2026.

Michigan Wheel Operations participates in one parent vehicle: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA252120D0005, which carried one task order. The vendor's activity has remained modest and relatively flat over the past five years—one award in 2022, three in 2023, six in 2024, four in 2025, and four in 2026—with combined potential value of $2.2 million across all 51 prime and sub awards. Two awards (combined potential value $300 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure. In its limited subcontractor role, Michigan Wheel Operations supplied B-series propellers (90-inch diameter, 72-inch pitch, 525-millimeter hub length with fairwater caps and support accessories) to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. on an October 15, 2025 Instrumentation Range Support Program III sub-award. The vendor's capability footprint centers on ship and boat propulsion components (38 of 51 awards classified under that PSC), with secondary work in nonferrous metal foundry and die-casting services; the vendor's product and service base aligns with maintenance, repair, rebuild, and overhaul workflows for Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers vessel fleets.