Southwest Shipyard LP

Southwest Shipyard LP, doing business as Southwest Shipyard Brady, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Channelview, Texas, that specializes in the design and fabrication of specialized maritime vessels for the federal government. The company has been registered in the System for Award Management since September 2004 and operates as a partnership or limited liability partnership. Southwest Shipyard LP has established itself as a trusted supplier to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Army, delivering complex welded steel vessels and marine infrastructure equipment essential to federal civil works, water resource management, and navigation operations.

Southwest Shipyard LP has secured four prime federal definitive contracts totaling approximately $46.4 million since September 2022, all designated as total small business set-asides. These contracts encompass the design and construction of specialized maritime vessels including revetment barges and crane barges. The most recent award, a $14.4 million firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District dated September 29, 2025, calls for the design and fabrication of a 240-foot by 60-foot welded steel crane barge designated as the 3251 MVS Crane Barge Replacement, with delivery scheduled by July 21, 2027, and fabrication to occur in Houston, Texas. A $7.8 million award from the Department of the Army on July 28, 2025, covers the design and construction of revetment barges under the MFC 3289 Revetment Barges FY25 program with performance in Galveston, Texas and completion by November 30, 2026. Southwest Shipyard LP also received a $12.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on September 27, 2024, for four revetment barges with delivery by September 4, 2026, performance in Channelview, Texas, and funding through ENDIST Philadelphia. An earlier $11.94 million contract awarded by ENDIST Philadelphia on September 21, 2022, required the design and construction of a specialized 150-foot by 50-foot crane barge certified for operation on the Upper Great Lakes with American Bureau of Shipping ice class certification and year-round capability, with delivery to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan scheduled for December 3, 2025. All contracts have been designated as total small business set-asides under NAICS code 336611 and reflect the company's demonstrated expertise in delivering complex maritime assets for federal water resource management, civil works, and navigation support missions.

Southwest Shipyard LP received one prime federal grant award through the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814). On July 18, 2023, the company was awarded a $1.2 million project grant with a completion date of July 17, 2025, to support equipment upgrades and capital improvements at its Channelview, Texas facility. The grant funding enabled the purchase of specialized blasting and painting equipment upgrades, paint filter bank assemblies with associated hardware and controls, a heated air make-up unit, dust collector assemblies, blast pot assemblies, a CO2 monitor with calibration kit, exhaust plenums, and a 300 cubic foot free-standing abrasive storage hopper. These infrastructure and equipment enhancements were designed to improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship construction operations for both commercial and federal government maritime vessel projects at the shipyard.