Miller's Launch, Inc.
City-funded organization
Miller's Launch, Inc. is a marine services and tugboat company headquartered at Pier 7 1/2 on Staten Island's North Shore, operating since 1977 and providing tugboats, launch boats, marine construction, towing, and offshore wind support services, according to its own website. Its $20.8 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 include a $10.4 million agreement with the DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service and an $8.8 million Department of Transportation contract for marine launch service between City Island and Hart Island, part of $40 million awarded to the company since 2009 across DOT, DEP, DCAS, and Parks and Recreation. About 26% of that lifetime value ($10.5 million across 7 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $20,823,894 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $39,781,443 · 26 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $12,726,269
- Won without a fresh bid
- 26% of contract value · $10,466,025 · 7 contracts
- Based in
- Staten Island, NY
Holds contracts at
- DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service City agency
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Transportation City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- The Department of Citywide Administrative Services ("DCAS") DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720268800990 $10,394,801
- Marine Launch Service between City & Hart Island Department of Transportation · CT184120258800509 $8,806,875
- 84125MBSl698 -Tugboat Towing Services/Dot Vessels Department of Transportation · CT184120268807078 $1,242,750
- Mooring Maintenance, Installation, Repair and Storage Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620248804554 $379,468
- FLOATABLES SERVICE REQUIREMENT. Department of Environmental Protection · CT182620100014929 · ended 2012 $4,499,750
- Marine Launch Service between City Island Department of Transportation · CT184120161416036 · ended 2021 $3,661,875
- Renewal Department of Transportation · CT184120228807375 · ended 2024 $2,500,000
- Marine Launch Service between City Island & Hart Island Department of Transportation · CT184120101420551 · ended 2013 $1,909,500
- CITYWIDE FLOATABLES SERVICE Department of Environmental Protection · CT182620131414686 · ended 2013 $1,428,483
- 3 Year Renewal of Tug & Towing Services for DOT Vessels Department of Transportation · CT184120228806690 · ended 2025 $1,033,800
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of the Interior TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: VESSEL TOWING · National Park Service · Contract $379,500
- Department of the Interior TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: VESSEL TOWING · National Park Service · Contract $182,500
- Department of Homeland Security ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- OIL SPILL RESPONSE · U.S. Coast Guard · Contract $142,093
- Department of the Interior LEASE OR RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT- SHIPS, SMALL CRAFT, PONTOONS, AND FLOATING DOCKS · National Park Service · Contract $81,000
- Department of the Interior LEASE OR RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT- SHIPS, SMALL CRAFT, PONTOONS, AND FLOATING DOCKS · National Park Service · Contract $49,200
- Department of the Interior LEASE OR RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT- SHIPS, SMALL CRAFT, PONTOONS, AND FLOATING DOCKS · National Park Service · Contract $36,000
- Department of the Interior SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER · National Park Service · Contract $19,923
- Department of Homeland Security ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- OIL SPILL RESPONSE · U.S. Coast Guard · Contract $645
- Department of Homeland Security ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- OIL SPILL RESPONSE · U.S. Coast Guard · Contract $0