Rhoads Industries, Inc.

Rhoads Industries, Inc., doing business as Rhoads Ship Builders, is a Philadelphia-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation that delivers industrial fabrication, installation, maintenance, and engineering services to federal maritime and naval customers as a prime contractor on 99% of its recent awards, competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates primarily through five significant indefinite delivery vehicles totaling approximately $482.3 million and has established itself as a core provider to Naval Sea Systems Command, the Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, and the Maritime Administration across shipboard system replication, land-based test facility outfitting, layberth services, and vessel maintenance.

Naval Sea Systems Command dominates Rhoads' customer base by potential value — accounting for $565.5 million across 53 awards (51% of combined potential value) — while the Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District represents the largest volume driver with 150 awards valued at $252.4 million (23% of combined potential value). The two customer rankings diverge significantly: Naval Air Systems Command appears once in the potential-value ranking at $248.8 million but does not surface in award-count rankings, signaling one large contract anchoring substantial dollars. The Maritime Administration represents a third customer tier with 7 awards totaling $31.6 million. Rhoads' $1.11 billion combined potential value across 220 awards reflects deep entrenchment in a narrow customer set focused on Navy and Army engineering infrastructure at Philadelphia-area facilities.

Rhoads holds five primary parent vehicles: the Land Based Engineering Site Enterprise Industrial Installation and Outfitting Services IDIQ (Naval Sea Systems Command, $190.9 million ceiling through October 2028, with 4 task orders totaling $61.7 million), two Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District contracts (W912BU13D0001 with 103 task orders worth $52.3 million and W912BU17D0014 with 21 task orders worth $34.3 million), two Maritime Administration single-award layberthing IDIQs (one for T-ACS crane ships valued at $11.63 million through October 2030 and one for Ro/Ro and Cape Class vessels valued at $11.9 million through September 2035), and a Military Sealift Command multiple-award small-business-set-aside IDIQ for Expeditionary Fast Transport layberth services with a $248.8 million ceiling through February 2030. Recent representative work includes a $32.5 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (April 2026) for FFG-62 and DDG(X) electrical systems installation, a $71.5 million definitive contract (July 2024) for Naval Foundry and Propeller Center foundry support, a $26.4 million delivery order (April 2025) for engineering outfitting across three land-based test sites supporting DDG(X), DDG(51), and FFG(62) programs, layberth service orders from Maritime Administration for crane ships and reserve-fleet vessels ranging from $1.6 million to $4.7 million, and touch-labor support contracts from Naval Sea Systems Command for preventative and corrective maintenance at test facilities.

Activity has declined from 14 awards in 2022 to 3 in the first quarter of 2026, though 2025 showed a rebound to 11 awards. Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $125.2 million, representing significant recompete exposure centered on Naval Sea Systems Command and Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District vehicles. Rhoads' award footprint concentrates heavily in two NAICS categories — All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (142 awards) and Facilities Support Services (27 awards) — reflecting the vendor's focus on industrial labor, maintenance, and facility engineering rather than design or manufacturing. Performance across nearly all awards occurs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, anchoring the vendor's operations to Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division and related test facilities.

In its subcontractor role, Rhoads provides tug services and SPY-1B antenna removal for HII Mission Technologies Corp on Navy counter-explosive-hazard work (January 2025) and scaffolding services to Lockheed Martin Corporation for CG-72 shipyard integration (February 2024). The vendor received a $552,846 Project Grant from the Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814, awarded August 2024, completion August 2026) to expand welding and ship-fitting training capabilities and acquire ten standard welding systems, one mechanical welding system, a plasma cutting system, two gantry cranes, and three vehicles. The parent corporate structure includes subsidiary Rhoads Industrial, Inc., a for-profit organization, though subsidiary capability differentiation is not elaborated in the source.