This federal contract award is for non-personal services for temperature data support, provided by the Gulf Of Maine Lobster Foundation, Inc. (GOMLF), a non-profit organization, to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Department of Commerce. The $241,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract runs from September 2022 through September 2024.
GOMLF has extensive experience in managing the installation of temperature-depth probe equipment on commercial fishing vessels and transferring the data to NOAA servers. This includes having the necessary protocols in place to transmit the data via satellite and Wi-Fi. GOMLF also has a close working relationship with Northeast fisheries associations, allowing it to serve as an umbrella organization for fisheries-oceanography research in the region.
This contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as GOMLF was determined to be the only known vendor with the required capabilities and industry connections. There was no set-aside designation for this contract.