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$83,883,643

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to BIRDON AMERICA INC

ACTION DATE2026-04-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z02325F93270007_7008_70Z02323D93270001_7008
Award description

AWARD INLAND BUOY TENDER (WLR) 1801

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Procurement of an inland buoy tender vessel (WLR 1801) for U.S. Coast Guard operations and maintenance.

Sub-sectors
maritime-infrastructurecoast-guard-vesselsinland-waterways
Why this matters

Supports Coast Guard's critical mission to maintain navigational aids and maritime safety infrastructure across inland waterways.

Supply-chain signal

Large shipbuilding contract signals demand for specialized maritime construction, marine engineering, and vessel outfitting suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. domestic shipbuilding capacity for government vessels remains strategically important to avoid foreign maritime dependencies.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002142.

Period of performance
Start
2025-06-17
End
2028-03-22
Status
activein 675 days
Sources

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