The contractor shall provide professional conservation services, approved via or-FY26-02099, in accordance with attachment 1, performance work statement (PWS), and attachment 2, pricing schedule.
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 1305M226C0021
- Awardee
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Mariners Museum UEI ZTFVEDQP3YC1
- Awarding agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Obligated
- $1,700,000
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- USS Monitor Artifact Conservation Pre-Solicitation · 1305M226Q0135 · Posted Apr 27, 2026
- Contract value 20% obligated
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- $1,700,000.00 Current, with exercised options
- $8,500,000.00 Potential, with all options
- Completion date 2% complete
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- Current, with exercised options
- Potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Not Competed · 1 offer Only One Source
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Newport News, VA 23606, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
- Service Contract Inventory FAR subpart 4.17
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded an $8.5 million definitive contract to The Mariners Museum for professional conservation services of the USS Monitor artifact collection on September 15, 2026, as a sole-source procurement based on the museum's unique specialized infrastructure and institutional knowledge of artifact treatment history.
The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of September 14, 2031. Work is performed in Newport News, VA, where the 210-ton USS Monitor collection—comprising over 5,000 individual artifacts recovered from the Civil War ironclad—is housed. Services include initial stabilization and ongoing preventive conservation of ferrous metals, iron, wood, leather, textiles, and organic and inorganic materials. The originating solicitation (REQUIREMENTS-26-1909) mandates industrial-scale wet-laboratory facilities with desalination tanks, cold storage, mechanical cleaning space, and collection management staffed by personnel holding advanced degrees or professional hands-on experience in archaeological conservation, analytical chemistry, or collection management. Key deliverables include rotating and remounting of major assemblies such as the 115-ton rotating gun turret and 25-ton propulsion engines, advancing disassembly and stabilization treatments, tracking desalination progress, and providing quarterly progress reports with artifact-specific status updates and work hour documentation. The base performance period runs from September 15, 2026, through September 14, 2027, with two optional 12-month renewal periods through September 14, 2029. NAICS Code 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services); PSC S299 (Housekeeping - Conservation).
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Who was awarded contract 1305M226C0021?
1305M226C0021 was awarded to Mariners Museum by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce) on September 15, 2026.
How much is contract 1305M226C0021 worth?
The government has obligated $1,700,000 on 1305M226C0021. Its potential value, with all options, is $8,500,000.
Was contract 1305M226C0021 competed?
The extent of competition for 1305M226C0021 was not competed. The government received 1 offer.
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