Definitive Contract 1305M226C0017

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a definitive contract to EXA Data & Mapping, Inc. for diver data integration services on July 1, 2026, under a total small business set-aside, with a ceiling value of $1,917,123.92.

This is a recompete of the incumbent contractor's prior effort. The contract runs on a time-and-materials basis from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, consisting of a one-year base period with four optional one-year renewal periods. Place of performance is Seattle, Washington.

The originating solicitation describes environmental database management support for NOAA's Office of Response & Restoration across four task categories: data models management (firm-fixed-price), field and laboratory data collection and processing tools (time-and-materials), data integration (time-and-materials), and major spills data management contingency (optional time-and-materials with a not-to-exceed limitation). Work includes maintaining environmental data models, refining automated data import routines, calculating toxicity probability metrics, ensuring EPA and ASTM standard compliance, maintaining data templates, automating import procedures, providing partner training, and conducting quality assurance reviews. Contractor personnel must possess expertise in contaminant chemistry, toxicity testing, database management systems, SQL, Visual Basic, MySQL, relational database management, and cloud-based web services. All employees require security training, NOAA non-disclosure agreements, and federal personnel security and physical security compliance. Evaluation prioritized technical approach significantly over price under best-value criteria. Labor rates remain firm for each period and cannot be adjusted upward except as required by law.