Precision Cranes, Inc.

Precision Cranes, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Fairbanks, Alaska, provides crane rental, operation, and rigging services to the Department of the Army across Alaska military installations as a prime contractor on Total Small Business and full-and-open purchase orders. The vendor holds Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification and has maintained federal contract awards since 2005, with recent activity concentrated on crane services to support equipment installation, material handling, and construction at Fort Greely, Fort Wainwright, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Precision Cranes' customer concentration is sharply Army-focused. Five Army commands and field offices account for 90% of recent awards, led by the Department of the Army Pacific Command (20 awards, $521 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (9 awards, $850 thousand combined potential value). The two rankings track closely — CECOM dominates potential value despite placing fewer awards — with the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska completing the top five. Precision Cranes competes under both Total Small Business set-asides (roughly 55% of recent awards) and full-and-open, with no parent vehicles or IDIQs present in the footprint; work is awarded through spot purchase orders with short performance windows ranging from days to months.

Recent capability examples include a $268.6 thousand full-and-open purchase order from CECOM for crane services supporting AN/GSC-52B satellite antenna installation at Fort Greely (April–July 2024), a $146.6 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Army Pacific Command for crane service with operator and rigger support for JPMRC 26-02 (January–March 2026), and a $140 thousand contract from the Army Corps of Engineers for crane operator and oiler services at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project in North Pole, Alaska (base year August 2023–August 2024, with two option years extending to August 2026). The vendor specializes in supplying certified operators and rigging crews to support military equipment installation, radome and antenna work, satellite communications infrastructure, and material handling on rail cars and flatbed trailers.

Activity has declined year over year — four awards in 2022 to two in 2026 through mid-April — with only one award ($140 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Precision Cranes operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (98% of awards); subcontract work is minimal, limited to a single sub-award under Watterson Construction Co in March 2024 for deep dynamic compaction support on a physical fitness center construction project at Fort Wainwright. The combined potential value across all 42 awards in the source footprint is $2.1 million, with obligated dollars at $2.2 million.