FLORIDA SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT IRSC
PTAC AT IRSC HELPS REGIONAL BUSINESS OWNER
SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTING MAZE
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In a typical week, you could find
Management Marine Service helping the
U.S. Coast Guard with nine or 10 training
events at three locations. The small
business may also be preparing a boat
to logistically support a Department of
Defense exercise or finishing up work for
the Royal Canadian Air Force. And then, of
course, there is general maintenance of its
12-boat fleet to do and paperwork, always
paperwork.
“You just move from one project to
another, managing the surges,” business
owner George A. Adams said.
Management Marine Service is a maritime
logistical support company based in
Indiantown.
“We own boats and have crews and we
support various government agencies
with their training and role-play operations,”
Adams explained.
For example, the company supports air
stations for the Coast Guard for training
of pilots, flight mechanics and rescue
swimmers in Miami, St. Petersburg and
Houston. The air stations use Management
Marine Service’s boat as the role-play vessel
so their own vessels are available when
duty calls.
The company also works with various
units of the Department of Defense, supplying
boats and sometimes crews for its logistical
support exercises. It also is called upon
for search and rescue support for FEMA.
Management Marine Service is an SBA
HUBZone Certified Small Business and
holds a GSA MAS Schedule. The majority of
its work is government contracts although
it sometimes takes on commercial work.
Adams described his company’s growth as
slow but steady.
“We have put a retail customer service
model into the servicing of government,
contracts,” Adams said, adding that its services
are value priced, and the company
offers good customer service with quality
equipment and professional crews.
GETTING STARTED
Adams started his first business in 1975
to support the aviation industry. He flew
corporate jets and managed the aviation
department for AstraZeneca for 30
years. As that career was winding down,
he changed the focus of the company to
support operations in the marine industry
starting in about 2009. Adams believes
the key to success is to specialize and do
it well.
BY NANCY DAHLBERG
Scotty Wilson served 28 years as an
Indiana Conservation Officer, eventually
becoming the Director of the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources Law
Enforcement Division. During his time in
state government, Wilson served as a District
Commander, State Logistics Officer,
Division Executive Officer and finally as
the Director of Law Enforcement. Wilson
is a graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement
Academy, the FBI National Academy,
the FBI LEEDS (leadership academy),
and served a six month fellowship at FBI
Headquarters in Washington, D.C. While
serving at the executive level, his duties
included involvement and oversight of
procurement, service contracts, state and
federal grant administration, emergency
operations, human resources, budgeting,
payroll, continuity of operations, local,
state, and federal agency liaison, and
Homeland Security. Wilson is a veteran
of the United States Marine Corps and a
graduate of Oakland City University with
a bachelor’s degree in human resources.
Wilson currently serves as the Procurement
Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
consultant with the Florida SBDC at IRSC
helping regional businesses examine their
readiness for government contracting.
A Management Marine Services boat voyages out for a daily test run.
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