Pearlson Shiplift Corporation

Pearlson Shiplift Corporation, a woman-owned small business based in Miami, Florida, designs, manufactures, and provides repair, maintenance, certification, and technical support services for shiplift and synchrolift systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 91% of its federal work. The vendor competes primarily in full-and-open procurements; recent awards include both Total Small Business set-asides and unrestricted competitions, with no dominant set-aside category characterizing its posture.

Pearlson's capability portfolio centers on ship handling systems — specifically the design, manufacture, procurement, installation, inspection, and field support of shiplifts and syncrollifts used in naval bases and shipyards. Representative prime work includes a $19.6 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded in February 2026 by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Division Transatlantic for repair and upgrades to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces shiplift system at King Abdulaziz Naval Base, Saudi Arabia, with performance extending through July 2027; a $489 thousand procurement and technical support contract awarded in May 2023 by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Middle East for parts and on-site support of the Saudi Syncrolift at King Abdulaziz Naval Base; and a $301 thousand semiannual maintenance inspection contract awarded in April 2024 by the same district for the Ras El Tin Naval Base shiplift in Egypt, under Total Small Business set-aside, running through June 2029 with four one-year option periods.

Customer concentration is bifurcated between international military customer work and domestic civilian infrastructure support. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Middle East (11 awards, $11.9 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Division Transatlantic (1 award, $19.6 million) together account for 36% of awards by count but 96% of combined potential value, anchoring the vendor's portfolio to Saudi Arabian and Egyptian naval base shiplift systems. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (14 awards, $766 thousand combined potential value) dominates by award frequency but carries lower individual values, reflecting maintenance, certification extension, and parts procurement work at domestic USCG facilities including the Baltimore Yard. The Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for two awards ($143 thousand combined). Pearlson has served eight distinct customer agencies across the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and related commands.

Pearlson holds positions on the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) V vehicle, under which it placed two task orders as a subcontractor to Vectrus Systems LLC for Pacific Command logistics support at Kwajalein (awards dated October 2023 and June 2023). One of those sub awards references "Pearlson Lift Co," a variant name appearing in source documentation.

Activity has been uneven: one award in 2021, three in 2022, five in 2023, three in 2024, and one in 2026. One award — the $19.6 million Saudi shiplift repair contract — faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (July 2027, though awarded in February 2026), representing recompete exposure. Combined obligated value ($39.6 million) exceeds combined potential value ($32.5 million) by 22%, indicating drawdowns against option periods or modifications adding scope to awarded contracts.

Pearlson manufactures under primary NAICS codes spanning Engineering Services (11 awards), Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing (4 awards), and All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (5 awards), with service-delivery work classified under Facilities Support Services and Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Principal Service Codes center on Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (7 awards) and Inspection—Ship and Marine Equipment (4 awards).