Rope Corp
Tampa, FL Doing business as First Choice Marine Supply
- UEI
- X316ZZDKT123
- CAGE
- 1R0X1
- Primary NAICS
- 423840 Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- 332618 Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423860 Transportation Equipment and Supplies (except Motor Vehicle) Merchant Wholesalers
- 423990 Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- 424130 Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers
- 424410 General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers
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- 424420 Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
- 424430 Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
- 424450 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers
- 424460 Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers
- 424470 Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
- 424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
- 488510 Freight Transportation Arrangement
- 493110 General Warehousing and Storage
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 4405 Eagle Falls Pl, Tampa, FL 33619, USA
- Website
- firstchoicemarinesupply.com
- Founded
- 1987
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- SIC code
- 50 Wholesale Trade – Durable Goods
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $198,486 |
| FY2025 | $0 |
| FY2024 | $112,555 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Transportation | $177,472 | |
| 2 | Department of Commerce | $11,589 | |
| 3 | Department of the Interior | $9,425 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Rope Corp, doing business as First Choice Marine Supply, supplies marine navigation and safety equipment — ice buoy lanterns, buoys, beacons, and cordage — to federal agencies as a woman-owned small business prime contractor. Based in Tampa, Florida, Rope Corp is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with a woman-owned small business designation; it competes across both full-and-open and small-business set-aside vehicles, with seven of its thirty-three recent awards carrying total small business set-asides.
Rope Corp's capability portfolio centers on specialized marine equipment and components. Recent representative work includes a $177,472 total small business set-aside definitive contract from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation awarded August 14, 2026 (ultimate completion November 12, 2026), for twenty-five SPX Sabik Type MPV2-LED-C10D-OPT ice buoy lanterns under FAR Part 12 commercial procurement — the lanterns are sole-sourced from Sabik Marine in Finland due to insufficient domestic manufacturing capacity; a $112,555 total small business set-aside purchase order from the same agency dated April 10, 2024 for twenty MPV LED integrated ice buoy lanterns; and a $11,589 full-and-open purchase order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dated April 22, 2026 (ultimate completion June 30, 2026) for solar-powered marine beacons supporting the National Data Buoy Center.
Customer concentration clusters around maritime and inland waterway agencies. The top five agencies account for 82% of combined potential value across thirty-three awards: the Department of Transportation's Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation leads in dollars ($290 thousand across two awards), followed by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard ($151 thousand across five awards), the Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region ($105 thousand across three awards), NOAA ($83 thousand across eight awards), and the Department of the Navy Installations Command ($81 thousand). Activity has been episodic — one award in 2020, one in 2021, two in 2022, one in 2024, and three in 2026 — with a combined potential value across all thirty-three awards of $864 thousand. One award (the Saint Lawrence Seaway ice buoy lanterns contract) carrying $177 thousand in potential value faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represents the primary recompete exposure. Rope Corp competes entirely as a prime; the portfolio carries no subcontract work. Primary NAICS categories span miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesaling (7 awards) and marine navigation system manufacturing (6 awards), with PSC concentration in fiber rope and cordage (6 awards) and buoys (4 awards).
SBA capabilities narrative
Rope Corp is a commercial, industrial & marine supply company, specializing in rigging, aids to navigation, ship chandlery and commercial fishing.
Quick answers
Is Rope Corp registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Rope Corp's SAM.gov registration is active through January 27, 2027.
What is Rope Corp's CAGE code?
Rope Corp's CAGE code is 1R0X1, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is X316ZZDKT123.
How much has Rope Corp received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $311,041 to Rope Corp in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Rope Corp's most recent federal award?
Rope Corp's most recent federal contract award is ICE buoy lanterns to fit USCG 7X17 ICE buoys (all-SEASONS) - quantity: 25, description detail: SPX, sabik, type… (6923G526C0018), from Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, on August 14, 2026.
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- Federal contract awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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