Western Crane, Inc.

Western Crane, Inc., operating as Western Crane Inc., is a for-profit crane rental and rigging services provider based in Seattle, Washington, that operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) to the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal maritime agencies under small-business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. The vendor competes in both postures — approximately one-third of named recent awards carry Total Small Business set-asides, while the remainder are full-and-open.

Western Crane's customer concentration is extreme: the U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 15 of 18 recent prime awards (94% of activity by count, $183 thousand of $215 thousand combined potential value). The vendor has also performed a single award each for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Navy) valued at $16 thousand and the Department of the Army valued at $15 thousand, but the Coast Guard relationship dominates decisively. Work is located at Coast Guard Base Seattle, Washington, and involves the vendor's crane fleet with operators, riggers, and certified lift directors.

Concrete recent capability work includes a $8,714 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded April 17, 2026, for crane services to offload a hyperbaric recompression chamber and ancillary equipment (estimated weight 30,000 lbs) from USCGC Polar Star at Coast Guard Base Seattle, with a 190-ton nominal-capacity crane and full rigging crew; a $10,298 purchase order from September 2, 2025, for general crane rental and rigging services; and a $9,068 purchase order from June 12, 2025, for crane services supporting science equipment onloads. Historical work dating to at least 2019 includes HVAC equipment movement, container loading for patrol vessels, and ship repair support activities.

Activity is episodic — two awards in 2019, three in 2022, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one through April 2026 — with a combined potential value of $215 thousand across all eighteen prime awards. All obligated dollars ($215 thousand) have been invoiced. The vendor does not subcontract; it operates as a specialist maritime crane operator without sub-tier engagement. Primary NAICS categories reflect the rental posture: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (11 awards), Ship Building and Repairing (4 awards), and overhead-traveling-crane and materials-handling-equipment rental. PSC codes cluster on equipment lease and rental (3 awards each for materials handling and ship/marine maintenance).