Vector Controls Inc.

Vector Controls Inc., a Newton, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of marine propulsion and motion control systems operating as a Subchapter S Corporation, supplies original equipment manufacturer vector steering system parts, watercraft training services, and onboard technical support to the federal government predominantly as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) competing full-and-open without set-aside designation, though one recent requirements contract carries a Total Small Business set-aside.

The company's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Coast Guard. The top five customer agencies account for 96% of recent awards, with the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard dominating at 148 awards and $15.9 million in combined potential value, followed at considerable distance by the United States Special Operations Command with 25 awards and $2.2 million. The two rankings align closely — the Coast Guard anchors both volume and dollars — but the Navy's Office of Naval Research appears in the potential-value ranking with $1.6 million across two awards, reflecting sporadic, higher-value research or technical procurement outside the recurring operational set. Vector Controls holds two active Coast Guard indefinite delivery contracts: a $5,035,750 Total Small Business set-aside requirements contract awarded August 25, 2025, running through July 31, 2030, for vector steering system parts supporting the 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, 26-foot Cutter Boat Over the Horizon IV, and 26-foot Cutter Boat Over the Horizon V; and a single-award $500,000 USSOCOM IDC awarded January 8, 2024, running through January 7, 2029, for Courses of Instruction services to Naval Special Warfare Command and broader Special Operations Command personnel. Most of Vector Controls' recurring work flows through the top five Coast Guard parent vehicles — Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z04019D57350B00 (33 task orders, $2.2 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG4013D51010 (30 task orders, $885 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG4016DP30777 (23 task orders, $173 thousand) — which collectively represent delivery-order calls on existing requirements and BPA vehicles for parts procurement and onsite technical services at Coast Guard stations nationwide.

Recent representative prime work includes a $534,735 delivery order from the Coast Guard on July 10, 2026, for vector steering system parts for 45-foot Response Boat-Medium under a Total Small Business set-aside; a $217,700 delivery order from the Coast Guard on May 19, 2026, for the same platform; a $656,105 Coast Guard delivery order on December 12, 2025, for 45-foot Response Boat-Medium steering parts with completion through March 2036; a $60,761 firm fixed-price delivery order from Naval Special Warfare Command on January 5, 2026, for watercraft control trainings performed in Virginia Beach; a $249,000 Coast Guard purchase order on August 13, 2025, for onboard technical representative services for the 45-foot Response Boat-Medium fleet performed in Newtonville, Massachusetts; and a $40,282 USSOCOM delivery order on June 10, 2025, for courses of instruction performed at Fort Story, Virginia. Across the recurring delivery-order stream, Vector Controls executes dozens of sub-$15,000 firm fixed-price task orders for onsite technical services and repair at distributed Coast Guard stations (Pensacola, Charleston, San Diego, Staten Island, Miami, Honolulu, San Juan, Freeport, and others) and scattered purchases of navigational and steering control parts.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — 9 awards in 2022 to 12 in 2024 to 11 in 2025 — with only three awards recorded so far in 2026. Three awards carrying combined potential value of $813 thousand face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete exposure. Vector Controls also subcontracts on specialized maritime and combat-craft support work: the source names subcontract relationships with Lockheed Martin (multiple task orders for maintenance support services to USSOCOM and Naval Special Warfare Command, including Combatant Craft Medium control panel upgrades and fielding support) and Bowhead Marine Support Services (clutch panel and joystick components for maritime platforms). The company's capability portfolio, grounded in NAICS concentration around Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing, Search and Detection Navigation Guidance Systems Manufacturing, and Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance, centers on vector steering system components as original equipment manufacturer supplier, onboard technical representative services, and specialized maritime training delivery — work that aligns with the Coast Guard's small-boat fleet sustainment and the Special Operations Command's watercraft operations training needs.