Wildcat Propellers, Inc.

Wildcat Propellers, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Chesapeake, Virginia, manufactures and overhauls marine propellers and propulsion components as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) almost exclusively for the U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 94% of its award footprint and $59.7 million of its $61.6 million combined potential value across 181 awards. The company operates across two primary NAICS categories—Other Nonferrous Metal Foundries (66 awards) and Ship Building and Repairing (34 awards)—with a PSC profile anchored in Ship and Boat Propulsion Components (126 awards) and maintenance/repair/rebuild of ship and marine equipment (19 awards).

Wildcat Propellers' customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. The Coast Guard accounts for 155 of 166 named awards (94% of all awards by count) and commands 97% of combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Naval Sea Systems Command round out the active set with negligible volume; a single Lockheed Martin subcontract (April 2026, $56.2 million, for propeller manufacturing under PEO Maritime LCS Mission) represents the only sub-award in the portfolio and accounts for 91% of the company's sub-revenue footprint. Wildcat operates no positions on government-wide vehicles (GWACs, Alliant, OASIS+) and does not compete under set-aside categories; instead, it anchors its business to two long-standing Coast Guard Indefinite Delivery Contracts: a single-award IDIQ for overhaul of monobloc propellers and controllable pitch propeller blade sets (awarded June 2026, $18.6 million ceiling through June 2031), and a multiple-award requirements contract for manufacturing propellers for 87-foot patrol boats (awarded November 2021, $2.39 million ceiling through November 2026). Task orders under these vehicles have ranged from approximately $20,000 to $740,000, with recent representative work including a $739,494.77 delivery order for open-inspect-report and overhaul of controllable pitch blade sets (January 2025), a $268,858.71 order for open-inspect-report and contingent overhaul on controllable pitch propeller blade sets and monobloc propellers (September 2026), and a $239,910.54 purchase order from NOAA for replacement propellers for the NOAA Ship Ferdinand Hassler under a total small business set-aside (September 2026).

Activity has remained relatively stable over five years, ranging from 6 to 13 awards annually, with 2022, 2025, and 2026 hitting 13 awards each and 2024 dipping to 6. Ten awards carrying combined potential value of $1.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure given the company's dominant position on its two core Coast Guard IDIQs. Recent awards span multiple vessel classes — 87-foot patrol boats, 210-foot and 270-foot cutters, 47-foot Motor Lifeboats, and Medium Endurance Product Line vessels — and include both manufacturing and overhaul scope. The company performs all work at its facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, with historical performance also noted at Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland for specific Coast Guard logistics operations.