Smith-Berger Marine, Inc.

Smith-Berger Marine, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Seattle, Washington, manufactures and supplies specialized maritime hardware components to the federal government as a prime contractor across full-and-open and occasional total small business set-aside procurements. The company competes predominantly in open competition, though select awards to the U.S. Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and the Army Corps of Engineers carry total small business set-aside designations.

Smith-Berger Marine's business centers on precision-manufactured maritime equipment: pulleys, sheaves, shaft collars, mounting plates, fairleads, blocks and tackle assemblies, springs, seals, fastening hardware, and replacement components for naval and maritime logistics operations. Recent representative work includes a $76,312 14-inch sheave for the Army Corps of Engineers (February 2025), a $93,640 total small business set-aside for fairlead parts supporting the USNS LARAMIE under Military Sealift Command (September 2023), a $87,840 blocks and tackle purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard (December 2022), and a $34,516 total small business set-aside from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for workspace maintenance and ship operations support on the OKEANOS Explorer research vessel (November 2024). The majority of awards are discrete firm fixed-price purchase orders for standardized and specialized maritime components, typically valued between $1,000 and $25,000, with longer-lead items and engineering work ranging to six figures.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward maritime logistics and naval support. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by award count at 74 awards (35% of the portfolio) valued at $971 thousand, while the Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command leads by dollar value with 22 awards totaling $2.5 million. The U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 22 awards worth $874 thousand, and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Troop Support Hardware divisions contribute 63 combined awards with modest per-unit values. These top five customer segments represent 85% of recent award activity and 93% of combined potential value. Activity has grown substantially in recent years — from 9 awards in 2022 to 56 in 2025 — indicating strong traction with DLA and Navy customer bases, though 2024 dipped to 8 awards before the 2025 surge.

Smith-Berger Marine holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, effective December 8, 2025, through December 8, 2026, valued at $350,000 for helical compression springs (NSN 5360003771441) with an estimated four orders placed annually and 89-day delivery windows. This represents the vendor's only named parent vehicle in the source; the remainder of the portfolio comprises discrete purchase orders issued directly by customer agencies. The company's product classification spreads across multiple NAICS categories — All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (43 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (31 awards), Speed Changer and Gear Manufacturing (23 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (21 awards), and Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (20 awards) — reflecting the breadth of maritime component types it produces. PSC distribution similarly shows concentration in Gears, Pulleys, Sprockets, and Transmission Chain (29 awards), Packing and Gasket Materials (29 awards), Hardware Commercial (20 awards), Blocks, Tackle, Rigging, and Slings (17 awards), and Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (13 awards).

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. All 212 awards listed are prime awards. Performance occurs at Smith-Berger Marine's Seattle facility or, occasionally, at customer sites such as Memphis, Tennessee (Army Corps of Engineers work) and Fleet, Virginia (Military Sealift Command work). The company has maintained SAM registration since 2001 and holds active federal contracting relationships with fourteen distinct agencies, primarily within the Department of Defense maritime enterprise.

Mooring and Towing Equipment including fairleads, sheaves, chain stoppers, flag blocks, towing pins, and stern rollers