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Ocean Shipholdings Inc

Houston, TX http://www.oceanshipholdings.com Ocean Shipholdings Inc. builds, repairs and operates ocean-going marine vessels. Over the past six years, the company ranked as the Pentagon's second-largest provider of marine transportation of equipment.

Defense Contracts

Total Defense Contracts, 1998-2003: $1,094,875,569
Rank: 86

Defense Contracts by Fiscal Year $278.78 $323.81 $98.94 $95.69 $119.99 $177.66 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003	Type of Contracts Awarded Type Awarded % Fixed Price $1,094,875,569 100.00%
Contracts won by Major Subsidiaries/Divisions (totals in millions) Name Total 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Ocean Champion Shipping $69.17 $20.64 $17.89 $12.32 $18.33 Ocean Chemical Carriers $22.97 $22.97 Ocean Freedom Shipping $89.07 $16.12 $28.27 $44.69 Ocean Shipholdings $602.59 $278.78 $323.81 Ocean Spirit Shipping $109.01 $18.33 $20.60 $30.51 $39.56 Ocean Star Shipping $91.26 $19.88 $19.03 $11.78 $40.57 Ocean Triumph Shipping $110.79 $17.12 $22.05 $37.11 $34.50
What the Pentagon bought Product/Service Category Total Transportation, Travel and Relocation Services $995,726,025 Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons and Floating Docks $99,149,544

Competition: How They Won the Contracts

The Pentagon defines several different "solicitation procedures" that roughly indicate the level of competition in awarding contracts. Full and open competition generally indicates that the contracts went out to competitive bid. Not full and open generally don't go out to bid – the pie chart below shows the reasons why. Set-aside contracts are competitive, but only certified small businesses can bid on them. Most of the contracts with no information were awarded on the "federal schedule." Contractors pre-qualify to supply specific goods and services, and federal employees can order them without going through the bidding process.

Competition Categories Competition Amount % No Information $1,094,875,569 100.00%
Small Business and other Preferences Contracts % of Total Small Business Total $816,091,394 74.53%	This table shows how many contract dollars were classified as going to a small business or small disadvantaged business (minority-owed, etc.). Set-aside contracts are reserved for small businesses; large companies cannot compete for them. Under guidelines set by Congress, federal agencies are supposed to direct 23 percent of their outside contracts to small companies.

Influence

Campaign Contributions Campaign Contributions by Year $0 $0 $500 $15,000 $86,250 $41,000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Party Contributions % Democrat $105,250 73.73% Republican $37,500 26.27%

Top Recipients Democratic Party Committees $61,000 Rep Solomon P Ortiz (D-TX) $9,750 Rep Gene Green (D-TX) $9,500 President George W Bush (R) $8,250 Rep Ike Skelton (D-MO) $7,500 Rep Richard A Gephardt (D-MO) $6,000 Republican Party Committees $5,750 Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) $5,000 Rep Ken Bentsen (D-TX) $5,000 Rep Chris Bell (D-TX) $4,500 Rep Tom DeLay (R-TX) $3,000 Rep John Culberson (R-TX) $3,000 Sen John Cornyn (R-TX) $3,000 Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) $2,500 Rep Don Young (R-AK) $2,000 Rep Henry Bonilla (R-TX) $2,000 Rep Jerry Lewis (R-CA) $1,000 Rep Norman D Dicks (D-WA) $1,000 Rep Martin Frost (D-TX) $1,000 Rep Helen Delich Bentley (R-MD) $1,000

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