336612: Boat Building

Boat building under NAICS 336612 is a large federal market in dollar terms. The record shows 16,729 awards worth $8.23B from FY2001 to FY2027, spread across 757 distinct vendors. Most buying runs through a few offices. NAVSEA HQ leads with 478 awards worth $3.29B. HQ Contract Operations (CG-912) has 354 awards worth $1.08B. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair has 34 awards worth $566.24M. Army TACOM has 74 awards worth $379.22M. NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support has 946 awards worth $305.94M. USSOCOM has 379 awards worth $301.90M. Most awards carry no set-aside: 10,514 of 16,729 are coded NONE. The notice does not say how many awards are open to competition overall.

The award sizes show a split. The median award is $17.3K, which is small next to the $8.23B total. A small number of large awards must carry most of the value. A firm deciding whether to pursue this code should look at the buyer it can reach, not only the code total. A small shop may find its best entry through the high-count offices, where many smaller orders are placed. A larger firm may focus on the offices where the big dollars sit. The record does not show win rates, the number of bids per award, or how many of the 757 vendors are small businesses, so those points cannot be judged from this notice alone.

The next year looks active. There are 41 active notices now. The record also shows 302 contracts ending within 12 months, worth $568.64M. That is a large group of work that may be rebid or extended. The notice does not say which of those contracts will be recompeted, extended, or moved to another vehicle. Suppliers should check each buying office's forecast and notice board for those expirations. They should also confirm the set-aside status of any upcoming solicitation, since the notice does not explain what each set-aside code means for eligibility.