Federal contractor · HOUSTON, TX

STERLING SHIPYARD LLC

STERLING SHIPYARD LLC received $235K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−71% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $24.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($235K). It also received $1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$235K
New awards
1
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the STERLING SHIPYARD LP company family: 2 registered entities, -$575.7K in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. STERLING SHIPYARD LPPORT NECHES, TX · Family page
    -$810.7K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-29

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20.8MFY2023
  2. 2.5MFY2024
  3. 799.1KFY2025
  4. 235KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$235K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$235K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harris County, TX$235K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. EXCAVATOR BARGE$14.5M
    Department of the Army· Harris County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 25, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· W912BU23C0036

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

STERLING SHIPYARD LLC received $1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 20.814 · Assistance to Small Shipyards ($1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1M
New awards
1
Actions
1

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.814 · Assistance to Small Shipyards$1M100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Maritime Administration$1M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF A 120X80 FLOATING DRYDOCK$1M
    20.814 · Assistance to Small Shipyards· Maritime Administration· Project grant· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 693JF72317021

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2026.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ST JOHNS SHIP BUILDING INC$10M−100% in FY2026
    PALATKA, FL · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat buildingArmy · Ship and boat building
  2. LYON SHIPYARD & FABRICATION, LLC$11.6M−67% in FY2026
    CHESAPEAKE, VA · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat buildingArmy · Ship and boat building
  3. BAHRAIN SHIP REPAIRING & ENGINEERING CO.$6.2M−88% in FY2026
    MANAMA, BHR · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.