Ocean Duchess, Inc.

Ocean Duchess, Inc., a Houston-based maritime services company, delivers comprehensive ship management, repair, maintenance, and logistics support for naval auxiliary and Ready Reserve Force vessels to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) operating across full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The company is a child entity of Ocean Shipholdings, Inc., both headquartered at 16211 Park Ten Place, Houston, Texas.

Ocean Duchess's federal footprint centers on the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy, which accounts for 893 awards valued at $1.33 billion combined potential value across the past five years. The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration represents a secondary customer with 241 awards worth $99 million combined potential value, while the Office of the Secretary of Defense issued two awards valued at $1.4 million. The concentration is decisive: Navy work dominates 73% of award count and 90% of dollar value, with Maritime Administration providing 20% of awards and 7% of value. Award velocity has accelerated—from 44 awards annually in 2022 and 2024 to 69 in 2025, with 28 awards already logged in 2026. Sixty awards valued at $63.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure and opportunity.

Ocean Duchess holds three master indefinite delivery contracts with the Navy, each single-award, each awarded August 18, 2025, through open competition without class set-asides. Ship Group 12 Ship Management Services carries a $288.2 million ceiling through July 26, 2035, covering comprehensive support for three naval auxiliary vessels (USNS Cape Inscription, USNS Cape Isabel, USNS Cape Island; USNS Cape Intrepid was removed by modification). Ship Group 15 Ship Management Services carries a $218.1 million ceiling through July 26, 2035, for USS Curtiss and USS Wright. A bridge contract titled Ship Group 12 Ship Management Services Bridge Contract (ID 693JF724D000017) carries a $26.2 million ceiling through October 26, 2025. These three vehicles generated 596, 145, and 96 delivery orders respectively from the RRF Ship Management Services 2016-2024 parent IDIQ and related Maritime Administration vehicles. Representative delivery orders executed in 2025 and 2026 include ship manager fixed fees ($699,226 to $3.1 million per vessel annually), regulatory fee management ($230,200 to $952,800 per order), dock trials and repairs ($54,000 to $2.1 million), drydocking ($7.6 million for USS Wright), fuel delivery ($19,610 to $1.1 million), and comprehensive mission operation pathway support for vessel activation and downgrade cycles ($307,000 to $6.3 million). Pricing employs cost-no-fee structures (reimbursable costs without profit margin) and firm-fixed-price arrangements depending on work scope. All delivery orders were awarded through open competition with no set-aside designations.

On the Maritime Administration side, Ocean Duchess operates under the RRF Ship Management Services 2016-2024 IDIQ (DTMA98D16015), a multi-award contract with a $19.1 million ceiling extended through October 2025. This vehicle generated 596 delivery orders valued at $382 million combined potential value, supporting downgrade operations, turbo activations, dry docking, repairs, fuel, and operational support for vessels including ALGOL, CAPELLA, Cape Intrepid (when under this vehicle), Cape Island, Cape Inscription, and Cape Isabel at ports including Alameda, San Francisco, Long Beach, Tacoma, and Norfolk. Additional Maritime Administration vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract DTMA8C05020 (250 task orders, $129.5 million), DTMA8C11026 (145 task orders, $71.8 million), and DTMA8C00031 (96 task orders, $17.7 million), reflecting Ocean Duchess's sustained role across the Ready Reserve Force fleet.

Ocean Duchess exhibits no identified subcontractor footprint in the source data; the vendor operates as 100% prime contractor across its entire award portfolio. The company's capability profile is grounded entirely in naval maritime operations: ship management fixed fees, regulatory compliance and port transit charges, dock and sea trials, repairs and maintenance, drydocking and dry dock project management, fuel and lubricant delivery, vessel activation and deactivation, mission operations support, security programs, and comprehensive logistics support. Work is performed at West Coast ports (San Diego and Long Beach, California; Vancouver and Tacoma, Washington) and Atlantic ports (Norfolk, Virginia), reflecting the geographic distribution of the Navy's and Maritime Administration's auxiliary and Ready Reserve Force fleets. The company has maintained active System for Award Management registration since 2001 and holds no SBA certifications; it competes exclusively in full-and-open procurement without set-aside protections.

The award data shows sustained, intensive engagement with a single federal customer ecosystem (Navy and Maritime Administration under the same maritime authority structure). The 1,222 awards spanning 2000 to 2026 concentrate heavily on delivery order issuance under a small number of master IDCs, particularly the RRF Ship Management Services 2016-2024 vehicle, which anchors the majority of Maritime Administration work, and the three newly awarded 2025 Navy ship group contracts, which replace and consolidate earlier bridge contracts and represent the primary mechanism for FY 2025-2026 Navy ship management delivery. Average award size in 2025-2026 ranges from tens of thousands of dollars for isolated support tasks to multi-million-dollar ship manager fixed fees and comprehensive operation pathway funding, indicating flexible task-order issuance supporting both routine and episodic vessel needs. Ocean Duchess's lack of subcontractor dependency and concentration on a single customer domain create both competitive vulnerability and strategic entrenchment in naval maritime logistics.

Ocean Duchess, Inc. ("OSI") is a full service marine operating company providing environmentally safe and efficient ocean transportation to its customers. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ODI has been operating ships for over 30 years. ODI's main business is the turnkey operation of U.S. flag ocean going ships for commercial and government customers. Ship operations are worldwide including transportation of petroleum products, and other bulk commodities and the pre-positioning of ships containing cargo in support of the U.S. military. ODI can provide technical and program management to operate, maintain, alter configuration, and support Navy mission requirements for ocean-going ships of all size. Generally, this also includes budget management, cost control systems, purchasing, logistical, safety and quality systems and varying degrees of security. ISO 14001:2004 Certified