This is a firm-fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Fiomarine Industries Pty. LIMITED, an Australian manufacturer of advanced marine and fishing technologies. The $94,450.00 contract is for the delivery of buoyless/ropeless systems designed to mitigate the risk of marine wildlife entanglement in fishing operations. The contract was not set aside for any specific business size. Fiomarine Industries is an experienced federal...
This definitive contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Fiomarine Industries Pty. Limited of Australia. With a value of $2,175,687.05, the firm fixed price contract runs from July 1, 2022 through December 30, 2023 to provide Buoyless/Ropeless fishing systems to fishermen for operational testing and familiarization. The systems will support NOAA's initiative to develop new fishing restrictions through testing of ropeless/buoyless technologies, as...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $1,773,650 firm fixed price contract to Ashored Inc. for the supply of buoyless/ropeless fishing systems. This contract, which runs from August 2024 through August 2029, requires Ashored Inc. to provide up to 20 deck systems and 50 underwater acoustic release systems designed to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without using traditional vertical lines that can endanger...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1.8 million firm fixed price contract to Ashored Inc. of Ottawa, Canada to provide buoyless/ropeless fishing systems. The systems will support NOAA's research efforts to develop new fishing restrictions to protect whales as mandated by the agency. Under the contract, Ashored will deliver its buoyless/ropeless systems to fishermen for operational testing and familiarization through June 2027. This builds upon an existing NOAA contract...
The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a definitive contract to Ropeless Systems, Inc. valued at $5.75 million to provide buoyless/ropeless fishing systems. The contract has a partial small business set aside and runs from July 2022 through June 2027. NOAA issued a special notice to increase the value of an existing contract with Edgeone LLC to provide additional systems for operational testing and familiarization by fishermen. The systems aim...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,586,590.00 Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Longsoaker Fishing Systems LLC, doing business as Guardian Ropeless Systems, for the supply of buoyless/ropeless systems. The contract is for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and will run from August 29, 2024 through August 22, 2029. The systems must include an underwater acoustic release mechanism to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without vertical lines that...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,586,590.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Sub Sea Sonics, LLC to supply buoyless/ropeless systems for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. This contract, which runs from July 2024 through June 2025 with four one-year option periods, requires Sub Sea Sonics to deliver up to 20 deck systems (including controllers, transducers, and interfaces) and up to 50 underwater acoustic release systems. These systems are designed to...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $1.75 million to Desert Star Systems LLC of Marina, California. The contract is for the delivery of buoyless/ropeless fishing systems to provide to pot/trap fishermen to test in commercial fishing operations, in support of NOAA's initiative to develop new fishing restrictions to protect whales as required by law. The funding agency is the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $6,514,213.84 Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Desert Star Systems LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Monterey Bay, California. The contract is for the supply of buoyless/ropeless systems, including underwater acoustic release mechanisms, to support NOAA's efforts to protect whales from entanglement. The contract has a period of performance from August 29, 2024 through August 22, 2029, with the option to order...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $6,837,187 Firm-Fixed Price contract to the Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society, a non-profit organization, for the supply of up to 20 deck systems and 50 underwater acoustic release systems for buoyless/ropeless fishing technology. This contract is part of NOAA's efforts to develop new fishing restrictions to protect endangered marine mammals, such as the North Atlantic right whale, under the Marine...