NW Bend Boats, LLC

NW Bend Boats, LLC, doing business as North River Boats, manufactures patrol boats, landing craft, research vessels, hydrographic survey vessels, and marine propulsion components ranging from 18 to 40 feet in length, selling primarily to federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) under SBA HUBZone certification competing almost exclusively under small business set-asides.

NW Bend Boats is an SBA-certified HUBZone small business based in Roseburg, Oregon, structured as a for-profit manufacturing corporation. The company competes under Total Small Business set-asides on most awards; where HUBZone sole-source or competitive designations apply, the source identifies them explicitly. Recent awards span NAICS 336612 (Boat Building) across 51 awards, with secondary classifications in Ship Building and Repairing and Engine Equipment Manufacturing. The company operates manufacturing and assembly at its Roseburg facility with delivery nationwide.

NW Bend Boats' customer concentration reflects a broad federal civilian customer base across 29 distinct agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 44% of recent awards. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard leads by potential value at $12.5 million across 6 awards, followed by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at $7.8 million across 5 awards. The General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service contributes $6.5 million from a single Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The Department of the Interior (National Park Service Midwest Region, USGS, and regional bureaus) generates $1.6 million combined across multiple regional awards. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command contributes $1.8 million across 2 awards. This portfolio splits between high-dollar IDIQs anchoring 88% of combined potential value and dozens of smaller task orders distributed across civilian environmental, water resources, and recreation agencies.

NW Bend Boats holds three primary vehicle positions. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded April 28, 2022, ceiling $6.5 million through April 27, 2027) carries 25 task orders with $2.4 million in combined potential value; the source names orders from the National Park Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, EPA, and Navy Installations Command. A Coast Guard single-award indefinite-delivery contract for Waterways Commerce Cutter boats (CB-ATON-S, awarded August 29, 2025, ceiling $11.8 million through August 28, 2032) supports aids to navigation, search and rescue, ports and waterways security, marine environmental protection, and marine safety missions; two delivery orders total $693 thousand in combined potential value to date, with the first order completed August 29, 2025 for prototype boat construction. A newly awarded NOAA single-award indefinite-delivery contract for hydrographic survey vessels (awarded September 10, 2026, ceiling $5.5 million through September 9, 2031) under HUBZone sole-source set-aside supports the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, Emergency Support Function-1, and Department of Commerce Primary Mission Essential Function-3; a $1.2 million delivery order was placed the same day for hydro survey vessels, trailers, and spare motors with completion March 12, 2029.

Activity has grown year over year — 3 awards in 2022 to 12 in 2024 and 14 in 2025 — with 9 awards in 2026 to date. Six awards carrying $1.1 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing that dollar volume to recompete risk. Combined potential value across all 61 awards stands at $33.4 million, with $9.8 million obligated to date (29% execution rate), indicating substantial unfunded pipeline. The source identifies one sub-award relationship: NW Bend Boats supplied a North River Sounder Cuddy vessel to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. as a subcontractor (awarded January 7, 2025), representing 2% of the award footprint and indicating the company functions predominantly as a prime.

Representative recent work includes a $1.2 million delivery order from NOAA for hydrographic survey vessels, trailers, and spare motors under the newly awarded sole-source IDIQ (September 10, 2026, completion March 12, 2029); a $535.7 thousand Lake Powell water quality boat for the Bureau of Reclamation under GSA MAS (September 19, 2024, completion October 19, 2026); a $397.7 thousand Coast Guard prototype cutter boat delivery order under the CB-ATON-S IDIQ (August 29, 2025, completion August 28, 2026); a $299.7 thousand 27-foot research boat and trailer for EPA Region 10 Laboratory under GSA MAS (September 26, 2023, completion September 30, 2024); and a $203.8 thousand boat, outboard motors, and trailer package for Golden Gate National Recreation Area under GSA MAS (September 13, 2022, completion March 29, 2024). Smaller recurring orders under GSA MAS and agency-specific awards include outboard motor replacements, propulsion components, and trailers for the Army Corps of Engineers, Navy Installations Command, National Park Service regional offices, and USGS, typically ranging from $15 thousand to $93 thousand per order.