Purchase Order 1305M226P0088
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- This is a $9,215,701.20 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Exail Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the supply of one DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) and associated services to support NOAA's survey activities. The original solicitation was a special notice published by NOAA seeking a sole source contract with Exail, as the DriX USV is the only system that meets NOAA's...
- This federal contract award is for the purchase of an uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service. The contract was awarded to Exail Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business that specializes in manufacturing maritime equipment and services. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,546,795.91 and is a firm fixed-price purchase order. The contract was set aside for small businesses. Exail Inc. has a...
- This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Exail Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the provision of an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) to conduct fisheries-independent surveys in offshore wind areas off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,637,401.00 and a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, with four one-year...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $387,192 delivery order to Saildrone Inc. for unmanned surface vehicle survey services. This contract was issued on April 21, 2021, with a completion date of December 31, 2021, and represents a firm fixed-price engagement with no small business set-aside. The work is to be performed in La Jolla, California, and falls under the NOAA ProTech Services Solution (ProTech) master indefinite delivery vehicle, which provides NOAA...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $991,470 firm fixed-price delivery order to Saildrone Inc., a small business specializing in autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for maritime data collection. The contract, set aside for small businesses, is scheduled for completion by September 9, 2026, and supports NOAA's Uncrewed Maritime Systems (UMS) program for meteorological and oceanographic observations. Work will be performed in Alameda, California, where...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $185,640 firm fixed-price delivery order to Saildrone Inc. for unmanned surface vehicle survey support, with performance based in Seattle, Washington. The delivery order was issued on July 30, 2021, under NOAA's ProTech Services Solution (PROTECH) master indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2021. This award represents a continuation of NOAA's partnership with...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a delivery order valued at $495,264 to Saildrone Inc. on September 1, 2022, for an unmanned surface vehicle survey conducted in collaboration with the Southwest Fisheries Science Center. The work is to be performed in La Jolla, California, with a completion date of December 31, 2023. This contract was issued under the NOAA ProTech Services Solution (ProTech), a multiple-award indefinite delivery vehicle, and does not include a...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $13,540 firm fixed-price purchase order to Exail Inc. for IXBLUE DELPH INS software on September 29, 2023. The contract, which is not set aside for small business, has an ultimate completion date of September 28, 2026, and will be performed in Denver, Colorado. Exail Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, specializes in advanced maritime and scientific equipment manufacturing, including navigation...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the Department of Commerce, awarded a $2.4 million firm fixed price delivery order contract to Saildrone Inc. of Seattle, Washington. This order was issued against NOAA's ProTech Services Solution indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract vehicle to provide uncrewed surface vehicle services. Saildrone will deliver its fleet of autonomous saildrone uncrewed surface vehicles to support NOAA's ocean...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $10M delivery order to Saildrone Inc., a small business specializing in autonomous uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), for data collection operations in the Southern Ocean. This task order falls under the ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain, an $8B multiple-award indefinite delivery contract vehicle that enables NOAA to procure Saildrone's wind and solar-powered autonomous maritime platforms for various scientific and operational...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $250K firm fixed-price purchase order to Exail Inc. on April 27, 2026, for fisheries acoustic trawl survey services utilizing Exail's DRIX uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). The contract, which extends through April 2027, supports NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) by enabling the testing, evaluation, and integration of fisheries echosounders onto existing USV platforms to enhance the efficiency of acoustic-trawl survey operations conducted in conjunction with NOAA vessels. The procurement was conducted as a sole-source award without set-aside provisions, based on Exail's unique capability as the original manufacturer of the USV platforms and their exclusive qualification to conduct specialized equipment integration on pre-existing vehicles. Exail Inc., a foreign-owned small disadvantaged business and established federal contractor, was the sole source selected for this requirement due to the lack of authorized partners or resellers capable of delivering the specialized integration services. The company has an extensive contracting history with NOAA, USGS, and the Department of the Navy, with previous awards ranging from modest purchases to contracts exceeding $9 million. The work will be performed in Silver Spring, Maryland, and represents part of NOAA's broader effort to modernize marine survey capabilities through autonomous vehicle technologies that can augment traditional vessel-based fisheries assessments.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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SOLE SOURCE: EXAIL INC. FOR SERVICES TO TEST, EVALUATE AND INTEGRATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FISHERIES ECHOSOUNDER ON A USV | 140802-26-0191 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 3/24/26, 7:53 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $250.0k | 4/26/26 |