Wildcat Propellers, Inc.

Wildcat Propellers, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Chesapeake, Virginia, manufactures and overhauls marine propellers and related propulsion components as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) almost exclusively for the U.S. Coast Guard. The company holds primary NAICS classification under ship building and repairing (336611) and operates as a for-profit corporation with federal contracting authority.

Wildcat's customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 94% of awards and $58.7 million of the $60.4 million combined potential value across the vendor's entire award footprint. The remaining five agencies (Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, Navy Installations Command, NOAA, and Army Materiel Command) collectively account for less than 6% of opportunity. This mono-customer posture makes Wildcat operationally dependent on Coast Guard demand and recompete cycles.

Wildcat's capability work splits between manufacturing and overhaul. Manufacturing awards procure left-hand and right-hand four-blade propellers for the Coast Guard's 87-foot patrol boats, 210-foot cutters, and 270-foot cutters; examples include a $220,579.60 purchase order (June 2026, total small business set-aside) for 20 units of two propeller models manufactured by ZF Group North American Operations, and a $170,101.68 purchase order (March 2022, total small business set-aside) for left-hand and right-hand marine propellers. Overhaul work involves open-inspect-report (OIR) and repair-or-overhaul cycles on controllable pitch propeller (CPP) blade sets and monobloc propellers; a representative delivery order for $739,494.77 (January 2023) covered inspection, reporting, and contingent overhaul of controllable pitch blade sets under the Coast Guard's $9.9 million overhaul IDIQ. Wildcat also supplies ancillary components: corrosion anodes (ODMS scrap caps, part numbers 950756 and 950733), propeller hub end cover plates, and parts kits.

Wildcat holds two significant Coast Guard indefinite delivery contracts that anchor its business. A single-award IDIQ awarded June 3, 2026, carries a ceiling of $18,597,151.75 through June 2, 2031, for overhaul of monobloc propellers and controllable pitch blade sets on a firm-fixed-price basis across a base year and four option years. An earlier multiple-award IDC, awarded November 4, 2021, and running through November 3, 2026, carries a ceiling of $2,393,751.40 for manufacturing propellers for 87-foot patrol boats. Together these vehicles establish the framework for task-order issuance; recent task orders under the overhaul vehicle have ranged from approximately $20,000 to $740,000. The top five named parent vehicles account for 69 task orders and $7 million in combined potential value.

Set-aside participation is mixed. Roughly 40% of purchase orders carry a total small business set-aside designation; the remainder compete full-and-open or as task orders under existing IDCs without set-aside. Wildcat's veteran-owned status recurs across award summaries as a selection factor or preferred-supplier rationale, though the company does not appear to compete under the VOSB set-aside category in the source data.

Activity has remained relatively flat in the past five years (13 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 10 in 2025, 6 in 2026 year-to-date). With only five awards (combined potential value $977 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, recompete exposure is modest relative to the overall award base. However, the June 2026 single-award IDIQ award suggests the Coast Guard has recompeted and extended Wildcat's overhaul mandate through 2031, indicating continuity in that larger relationship.

Wildcat subcontracts minimally. A single sub-award appears in the source: a $56.2 million subcontract to Lockheed Martin Corporation (April 2026) for 31-inch-diameter propeller manufacture at 47.5-inch pitch, right and left hand, under a PEO Maritime LCSM vehicle. This sub-role is atypical for Wildcat's prime-centric posture and likely reflects a specific Navy requirement routed through prime integration.

Work is performed at Wildcat's facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, with some propeller inspection and overhaul operations also conducted at a secondary facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The vendor serves as a critical single-source supplier to Coast Guard fleet maintenance operations, with specialized expertise in marine propulsion system refurbishment and original-equipment propeller sourcing for multi-class vessel platforms.