Surface Technologies Corporation

Surface Technologies Corporation, a for-profit small business based in Jacksonville, Florida, delivers maritime maintenance and vessel preservation services to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) under Total Small Business set-aside IDIQs, with a secondary role as a subcontractor to major shipyard primes on selective modernization projects.

The company's capability footprint centers on non-skid deck coating removal and application, interior decking removal and installation, exterior surface preservation including grit blasting and paint application, and related deck system renewal work across naval vessel classes. Representative prime work includes a $1.207 million delivery order with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in April 2025 for nonskid deck removal and installation aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70); an $838 thousand delivery order in April 2025 for non-skid alterations and AC/DC motor work aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78); and a $759 thousand delivery order in August 2025 for non-skid alterations aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Preservation work includes a $400 thousand definitive contract awarded April 2025 by NAVSEA for removal, repair, and replacement of vinyl tile and wet deck covering systems at Naval Station Portsmouth, Maine, designated Total Small Business set-aside.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward NAVSEA and Atlantic Fleet operations. The top five funding agencies account for 95% of recent awards by count and 93% by potential value. NAVSEA dominates with 2,375 awards valued at $507.7 million combined potential, followed by U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) with 757 awards and $99.2 million potential. The U.S. Coast Guard holds 174 awards valued at $74.5 million. U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces contributes 135 awards and $8.5 million. This customer mix reflects Surface Technologies' geographic and operational focus on the Atlantic and East Coast naval maintenance ecosystem, with secondary presence in West Coast and Hawaiian-based Coast Guard operations.

Surface Technologies operates under a portfolio of four primary Total Small Business set-aside IDIQs anchoring most delivery order activity. Naval Sea Systems Command multiple-award IDIQs include an $8.17 million interior decking IDIQ (ultimate completion September 2029) and a $17.66 million interior decking removal and installation IDIQ for vessels within 50 miles of Norfolk, Virginia (ultimate completion January 2028). U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) issued a $5.28 million single-award interior decking repair IDIQ (ultimate completion June 2027) for Jacksonville-homeported vessels. The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $3.5 million multiple-award preservation maintenance IDIQ (ultimate completion September 2026) for West Coast and Hawaiian cutters. Delivery orders under these vehicles range from approximately $2,500 to over $1.2 million, with firm fixed-price pricing standard across the portfolio.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year—83 awards in 2022 rising to 178 in 2025, with 60 awards recorded so far in 2026. Seven awards (combined potential value $158 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The company's award volume reflects high-frequency, modest-value delivery order placement, characteristic of specialized shipyard support services.

Surface Technologies subcontracts primarily to major defense shipyard operators. Named prime contractors include Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (modernization planning work on DDG 1000/1001 class vessels, detail design and construction support for LHA 8, and DDG 51 class deck covering work awarded across FY2025 and FY2026), BAE Systems Maritime Solutions divisions in Norfolk, Jacksonville, and San Diego (littoral combat ship post-shakedown availability labor, docking selected restricted availability support on USS Laboon and USS The Sullivans, fitting-out availability direct subcontract costs on LPD 28), East Coast Repair & Fabrication (incremental selected repair availability work aboard USS Winston S. Churchill and USS Delbert Black, USS Stout selected restricted availability accomplishment), and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (USS America FY26 docking selected restricted availability repair). Sub work typically involves deck covering, non-skid system replacement, and cosmetic polymeric deck system installation on vessels undergoing shipyard maintenance. Sub-award dates cluster in 2025 and 2026, indicating active integration into major shipyard modernization schedules.

The vendor operates as a Total Small Business set-aside specialist—all four primary IDIQ vehicles carry that designation. Across the prime footprint, 97% of awards reflect this set-aside posture; the remaining 3% of sub-award activity routes through prime contracts to major defense industrial base companies. The company does not compete under full-and-open procurement; its business model is anchored to small business set-aside vehicles with NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) as the primary classification.

Service Contract Inventory data for the vendor is limited to one FY2025 subcontract record, reflecting that SCI captures only federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods and products. The vendor's portfolio is dominated by delivery orders below that threshold—the representative work cited spans $12,000 to $1.2 million—and by ship repair and preservation goods and labor not captured in SCI. SCI does not represent the company's total federal services revenue or full enterprise revenue.

Surface Technologies operates from a single corporate entity with no named subsidiary structure beyond the parent company itself. The company has maintained federal contractor registration since February 2002 and carries registration through November 2026. Nearly four thousand prime awards (76% of the total portfolio) fall under NAICS 336611; the remainder span related specialty trade and maintenance categories including automotive body and paint repair, flooring installation, and miscellaneous equipment maintenance. Primary Service Classification Code concentration is in Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East), which accounts for 2,166 awards, and Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (West), which accounts for 1,474 awards, reflecting the company's core role in Navy and Coast Guard vessel preservation across both seaboards.