The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $99,998.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Tamara McGuire, a woman-owned small business doing business as Aqua Wildlife Research, to assist the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with maintaining a catalog of photo identification and associated surveys of Cook Inlet beluga whales in Alaska. The contract has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025 and was awarded on a sole-source basis due to Ms. McGuire's specialized expertise in photographically identifying individual Cook Inlet beluga whales. This contract is not associated with a larger vehicle.