Walashek Industrial & Marine, Inc.

Walashek Industrial & Marine, Inc. operates as a prime contractor and subcontractor providing specialized maritime industrial repair, maintenance, and overhaul services to the Department of the Navy and other federal maritime agencies. The company is a Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Tukwila, Washington, with operating facilities in Norfolk, Virginia and other coastal locations. Walashek competes across both set-aside and unrestricted procurements; recent activity shows a mix of total small business set-aside awards and full-and-open competitions, with no consistent SBA 8(a) or HUBZone designation across the prime footprint.

Walashek's core capability centers on repair, overhaul, and lifecycle maintenance of naval vessels' propulsion and auxiliary systems—chiefly boiler and pressure vessel work, piping systems, fan assemblies, and related shipboard mechanical equipment. The company manufactures and supplies specialty boiler tubes, pressure vessel components, and custom-fabricated marine hardware. Representative prime work includes a $42.7 million fixed-price definitive contract awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command in February 2026 for pre-execution, execution, and emergent repair on main propulsion boilers for USS Boxer and USS Iwo Jima (Wasp-class amphibious assault ships) running through November 2028; a $516.5 thousand purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for boiler tubes (rearwall, screen, and generating tubes) for USS Iwo Jima; and a $230.8 thousand purchase order for bent boiler tubes for USS Wasp's main propulsion boiler. The company holds multiple Naval Sea Systems Command IDIQs collectively valued at over $535 million for complex and non-complex emergent maintenance on surface combatants and amphibious-class vessels.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to Navy shore commands. Military Sealift Command accounts for 76 awards worth $292 million in combined potential value, while Naval Sea Systems Command drives 125 awards totaling $134.4 million—together representing 98% of all awards. Walashek performs routine voyage repairs, planned maintenance availabilities, and critical systems overhauls on MSC support vessels, hospital ships, and sealift craft through the $140 million East Coast General Ship Repair IDIQ (a total small business set-aside multiple-award contract awarded in November 2023, running through September 2028). Representative MSC delivery orders include $57.7 thousand for low-temperature cooler repair on USNS Emory S. Land, $29.5 thousand for firemain discharge piping removal and installation on USNS Grumman (both firm fixed-price, total small business), and $22.9 thousand for elevator inspection on USNS Pecos. The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded a single contract for $74.6 million, representing an outlier in Walashek's otherwise Navy-dominated customer base.

Walashek's subcontractor footprint is anchored by BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc. and BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego Inc., where the vendor performs direct subcontract work on selected restricted availabilities (SRAs) and docking selected restricted availabilities (DSRAs) for amphibious assault ships including USS Wasp, USS Essex, and USS Kearsarge. The vendor also subcontracts to QED Systems, Inc. for refurbishment and inspection services, and to Metro Machine Corp. and others. Sub work spans fiscal years 2021–2026, reflecting sustained engagement across multiple ship maintenance cycles.

Recent activity shows volatility—53 awards in 2023, then declining to 36 in 2024, 26 in 2025, and 5 in the opening months of 2026. The vendor holds substantial recompete exposure: multiple Naval Sea Systems Command and Military Sealift Command IDIQs expire in 2027–2028, and the East Coast General Ship Repair IDIQ (currently valued at $140 million with at least 7 active task orders carrying $161 thousand in combined potential value) terminates in September 2028. Prime awards total 140 (57%) and sub awards 104 (43%) in the source population. Work is performed at Norfolk, Virginia and San Diego, California, with administrative oversight at Tukwila headquarters. NAICS coding is dominated by Ship Building and Repairing (196 awards); PSC coding reflects Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East) for 72 awards and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Ship and Marine Equipment for 14 awards.

Walashek Industrial & Marine repairs and installs boilers, distilling plants, heat exchangers, pumps, valves & piping, machinery and hydraulics. Operating since 1986 with 7 locations nationwide.