Shark Marine Technologies Inc.

Shark Marine Technologies Inc., doing business as Shark Marine, a Canadian-based manufacturer of underwater navigation and detection systems headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, operates primarily as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) supplying original equipment manufacturer (OEM) repair parts, maintenance kits, and specialized maritime equipment to U.S. federal agencies on a full-and-open, sole-source basis with no set-aside designations. The company is registered in the System for Award Management since 2005 and competes on technical qualification and proprietary system knowledge rather than small-business status.

Shark Marine's federal customer base concentrates heavily on Navy programs, particularly underwater explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and mine countermeasure (MCM) platforms. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) dominates the portfolio, accounting for 38 awards (56% of the 68 total awards) with $1.7 million in combined potential value. The top five customer agencies by award count cover 76% of all awards and include the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (5 awards, $196 thousand), U.S. Special Operations Command (4 awards, $196 thousand), the Navy's Information Warfare Systems Command (3 awards, $10 thousand), and the Department of Justice FBI (2 awards, $114 thousand). A single Air Force Materiel Command award ($397 thousand) and an Army Research Development and Engineering Command contract ($315 thousand) represent the largest individual dollar values outside the Navy. The source carries only one named sub-award: a February 2025 sub-task to Jacobs/B&V for hydrographic survey deliverables under a Navy MILCON project.

Representative prime work spans OEM maintenance kits, repair services, and component supply for Shark Marine's Navigator systems (the core platform used for Navy EOD operations) and Delta Maintenance Kits for fleet-procured systems. A $164,359.82 purchase order from NAVSEA (August 2025) covered spare parts and repair components including NAVCAM lens covers, Delta maintenance kits, GPS equipment, battery assemblies, sonar systems, and mission planning licenses for Mine Countermeasure operations, justified as sole-source due to Shark Marine's proprietary acoustic and magnetic signature specifications. A $224,309 firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (September 2023) delivered the DELTA-2 Diver Held Sonar & Navigation system. A $109,408 FBI purchase order (June 2023) procured maritime tablets for underwater navigation and mission planning during operational diving. Smaller awards included $29,223.75 (April 2026) for dive tablet upgrades, sonar head components ($66,858, September 2023), and battery analyzer kits ($10,650, July 2023). All work is performed at Shark Marine's Ottawa, Ontario facility, with typical delivery windows of 60 to 90 days.

Activity has declined sharply from a peak of 13 awards in 2023 to 3 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 through April. The portfolio carries $3.6 million in combined potential value against $4 million obligated (113% of potential), indicating invoiced overages or conservative ceiling estimates. By NAICS, the work splits across Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (30 awards), Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (8 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (7 awards). Primary PSC codes reflect Ship and Marine Equipment maintenance and repair (10 awards), Marine Lifesaving and Diving Equipment (9 awards), and Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (5 awards). The vendor's capability portfolio is tightly bounded to OEM support for specialized underwater navigation and acoustic systems used in Navy EOD and MCM operations, with minimal cross-agency diversification and no presence on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs, BPAs, or agency IDIQs.