This firm-fixed-price definitive contract was awarded by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), a defense agency, to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization. The $1,297,728.00 contract is for beaked and fin whale behavior research, with a period of performance through December 31, 2021. Metr is an experienced contractor for the Department of the Navy and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), providing marine...
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (doing business as Metr), a non-profit organization, for marine mammal survey services. The $16,004 contract has a completion date of September 30, 2024 and is not set aside for any specific business type. Metr, which specializes in marine mammal research and environmental consulting, has established itself as a key contractor for the Department...
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a $753,821 firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization, for marine mammal survey services. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, will run through July 2025. Metr will conduct behavioral observations, tagging operations, biopsy sample collection, and related research activities, with a focus on studying cetaceans, particularly beaked...
This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization. The contract is valued at $307,908.80 and provides in-service support services including marine mammal tagging, photo identification assessments, and population dynamic analyses of target species. The work will be performed in Seabeck, WA. Metr is an experienced provider of cetacean surveys, tagging,...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command to the Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization, on September 6, 2019. The $1,478,759.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for an "Improved Tag Attachment System for Remotely-Deployed Medium-Term Cetacean Tags" and has a completion date of June 30, 2024. Metr is the prime contractor and has subcontracted with Cascadia Research Collective,...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization, to provide non-personal services for field operations to deploy satellite transmitters on whales for the purpose of studying new implantable satellite tags and assessing the tags for possible future use on endangered North Atlantic right whales. The contract, which...
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization, to provide non-personal services to conduct cetacean surveys. The contract has a base year and one option year, with a potential value of $225,425.04. This contract is not set aside. Metr has extensive experience conducting marine mammal surveys, research, and analysis as a prime...
<p>The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (DOD - Navy) awarded a $320,952 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research - doing business as Metr for Marine Mammal Survey Services. The contract has a period of performance starting July 3, 2023 through July 2, 2024 and will be performed in Seabeck, Washington. Metr will provide marine mammal survey services to the Navy under this contract.</p>
This is a $116,902 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command to the Cascadia Research Collective, a non-profit research organization. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is for a project titled "APPROACHES FOR EXAMINING BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF WHALES TO LOW-FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR" under the Living Marine Resources program. The work will involve field measurements and analysis to characterize the acoustic...
The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $52,755 firm fixed price delivery order to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (doing business as Metr) for marine mammal survey services. The contract has a period of performance through February 21, 2023 to provide unspecified marine mammal survey services for the Naval Sea Systems Command, with place of performance in Seabeck, Washington. No set-aside provisions were applied to this award to Metr, a research...
This is a $288,239 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to Foundation For Marine Ecology And Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization. The contract is for behavioral observation of marine mammals, with a focus on studying cetaceans, particularly beaked whales, to assess their behavior, population dynamics, and responses to naval activities such as sonar use.
The contract stems from a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation issued by NAVFAC's Living Marine Resources (LMR) program, which is seeking applied research and advanced technology development related to understanding the potential impacts of Navy training and testing activities on marine species. Metr has a significant history of supporting NAVFAC and the Navy more broadly with marine mammal research, including through indefinite delivery contracts and grant-funded projects. This contract award demonstrates the Navy's ongoing commitment to leveraging Metr's expertise in this domain to support environmental compliance and the development of naval technologies.