This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency, to the University of Rhode Island (URI) to maintain and curate the Right Whale Sightings Database. The contract has a ceiling value of $999,984.00 and a period of performance from August 3, 2015 to February 28, 2021. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. URI is a U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, and educational...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $248,830.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to the New England Aquarium Corporation, a non-profit organization, for the provision of non-personal services related to the development of a visual output website for anthropogenic events data visualization focused on North Atlantic right whales. This sole-source contract, issued under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), was based on NOAA's determination that the New...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,739,371.60 firm fixed-price contract to the New England Aquarium Corporation, a non-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract is for the maintenance and curation of the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog for NOAA Fisheries. The work is highly specialized and requires extensive knowledge and expertise in managing all aspects of the photo-identification catalog, including maintaining the catalog,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, to the New England Aquarium Corporation, a non-profit organization. The contract is for the maintenance and curation of the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog, with a ceiling value of $1,389,970.80 and a performance period ending on August 31, 2018. This contract was awarded without a set-aside designation. The New England Aquarium Corporation has a...
This is a $75,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division to develop software that will interface with a video recording and bookmarking system for underwater activity related to ocean exploration and research in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The contract has a completion date of July 30, 2018 and does not utilize a set-aside designation. URI has extensive experience as...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, to Wild Me, a non-profit organization. The contract is for the development of an "End to End Identification Platform" for the North Atlantic Right Whale, valued at $97,113.00. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 6, 2019 and does not utilize any small business set-asides. Wild Me has...
This is a sole-source purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the New England Aquarium Corporation, a non-profit organization, for non-personal services related to whale hormone analysis. The contract, valued at $259,083, provides for the analysis of North Atlantic right whale baleen, blow, and blubber samples to assess reproductive status, nutritional condition, and stress levels of the endangered whale population. The contract is not set...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,542,929.00 firm fixed price contract to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Division to provide right whale early warning system support services in support of NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Regional Office. The 5-year contract, which runs from July 1, 2020 through June 14, 2025, does not have a set-aside designation. The contract scope includes aerial surveys, data...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce, to Ocean State Fisheries Inc., a small business, for $47,906.86. The contract is for study fleet data collection and reporting services to support cooperative research for the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The work involves collecting and confirming tow-by-tow data through an electronic logbook system and web-based data...
This $100,087.95 firm fixed price delivery order was awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to The Whale Museum, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The contract is for whale research services, including marine mammal research, vessel monitoring, boater education, and outreach to support protection and recovery of endangered Southern Resident killer whales in the Puget Sound region. This award is part of a larger...