Grant For Research 80NSSC26K0210
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- This is a $55,942 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The grant is for developing coupled data assimilation techniques to support integrated Earth system analysis using the GEOS modeling system. The award has no set-aside designation, and the performance period runs through August 2026. Sofar Ocean...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The $239,997 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development related to the SBIR program, with a period of performance ending on July 15, 2025. Sofar Ocean Technologies, which does business as Spoondrift Technologies, has been...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC24K1506, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The $588,056 grant is for a research project titled "Combining Machine Learning and Data Assimilation with CYGNSS Observations to Improve Modeling of the Air-Sea Interface in a Coupled Earth System...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency, to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The contract, valued at $13,320.06, is for the procurement of 2 SPOTTER commercial Iridium/cellular monitoring buoys. The contract has a completion date of June 30, 2025 and is set aside for small businesses....
- This is a $7,817,571 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The contract is for the "Observation and Predictive Modeling of Ocean Weather Using Distributed Ocean Networks" and does not have a set-aside designation. Sofar Ocean Technologies will provide the ONR with...
- Spoondrift Technologies, Inc., doing business as Sofar Ocean Technologies, will provide wave buoys to the U.S. Geological Survey under a $52,593.41 firm fixed price purchase order. As a small business set-aside awarded by the Department of the Interior, Spoondrift Technologies will deliver the buoys in support of the USGS's ocean monitoring activities. The buoys will aid the agency's efforts to collect hydrographic and oceanographic data along U.S. coastlines and help advance its coastal and...
- The U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $250,000.00 to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the delivery of Sofar's "BRISTLEMOUTH, OPEN CONNECTIVITY STANDARD, OCEAN SENSING, OCEAN EXPLORATION" products and services, which align with ONR's interests in receiving proposals for long-range science and technology...
- The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command awarded a $336,307 firm fixed-price purchase order to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies) on September 19, 2025, for air deployable spotter buoys. The contract, which represents a sole-source, non-competitive procurement under simplified commercial procedures, will be performed in Seattle, Washington, with an ultimate completion date of December 18, 2025. This award does not utilize any small business set-aside...
- Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, has been awarded a $11,936.86 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to provide SPOTTER - COMMERCIAL IRIDIUM / CELLULAR(NA) equipment and services. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and will be completed by February 23, 2024. As a manufacturer of goods and for-profit organization, Spoondrift Technologies will deliver specialized ocean...
- Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, has been awarded a $29,923.24 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants to deliver five wave buoy packages by May 22, 2023. The award is set aside for small businesses and fulfills a solicitation posted by the USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center seeking the buoys for use in St. Petersburg, Florida. As the prime contractor, Spoondrift Technologies will deliver...
The U.S. government awarded a $746,575 research grant to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies) on January 7, 2026, with completion targeted for January 6, 2030. The award supports execution of a balanced science program based on discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The work will be performed at the company's San Francisco, California location. No small business set-aside designation was applied to this grant award, which is classified as a Grant for Research under the "Other" pricing type structure. Sofar Ocean Technologies is a San Francisco-based small business specializing in advanced ocean monitoring equipment, data platforms, and intelligent sensor systems. The company has an established track record of federal contracting, having received multiple awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Geological Survey, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for oceanographic equipment and services. This grant award aligns with the company's core expertise in developing innovative ocean observation technologies and methodologies, supporting the funding agency's mission to advance scientific research and environmental monitoring capabilities through specialized marine intelligence solutions.
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| Not listed | Not listed | $186.3k | 2/6/26 |