Purchase Order 1305M323PNFFM0523
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- The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $230,154.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Blue Ocean Gear Inc., a small business, to provide 45 Farallon smart buoys, 3 chargers, and 45 data subscriptions, with options for up to 30 additional units per year. The smart buoys are designed to work with ropeless fishing systems, providing fishermen with alerts and coordinates to locate and retrieve submerged gear, helping to address concerns...
- This firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, to Blue Ocean Gear Inc., a small business manufacturer. The $233,964.00 contract is for the purchase of 30 smart buoys, 3 chargers, and 30 annual data and software subscriptions, with a base year and up to 3 option years. The smart buoys are a specialized tracking solution to support NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center and their ropeless...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $1,773,650 firm fixed price contract to Ashored Inc. for the supply of buoyless/ropeless fishing systems. This contract, which runs from August 2024 through August 2029, requires Ashored Inc. to provide up to 20 deck systems and 50 underwater acoustic release systems designed to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without using traditional vertical lines that can endanger...
- The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,551,440.50 Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Devocean Inc., a for-profit limited liability company based in Canada, for the supply of buoyless/ropeless systems. The systems must include an underwater acoustic release mechanism to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without vertical lines that could entangle whales. The period of performance is from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, with four one-year option...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $9,557,990.00 Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Liftlabs, Inc. for the supply of buoyless/ropeless systems. The systems must include an underwater acoustic release mechanism to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without vertical lines that could entangle whales. The period of performance is from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, with four one-year option periods. This award is not a set-aside contract. The contract was...
- <p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded a $394,908.92 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Sunbacker Fiberglass Inc., doing business as Sunbacker Fiberglass Repair & Fabrication, to provide oceanographic buoys. The contract has a period of performance starting on April 10, 2023 through August 1, 2023 and will be performed in Seattle, Washington. No subcontractors were identified.</p>
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,774,540.00 firm-fixed price contract to Ropeless Systems, Inc., a for-profit, veteran-owned business and manufacturer of goods, to supply buoyless/ropeless fishing systems for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The contract, with a period of performance through August 2029, does not have a set-aside designation. These specialized systems incorporate underwater acoustic release mechanisms that allow fishermen to retrieve...
- The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $11,595.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Blue Robotics Inc., a small business manufacturer of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) and related components. This contract is for the procurement of a small ROV with accessories, with a completion date of September 15, 2024. Blue Robotics has previously provided NOAA with other ROV components and...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the Department of Commerce, awarded a $20,164 firm fixed price purchase order to Pacific Gyre Inc. of Oceanside, California for ocean drifter buoys. As part of NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment, these buoys will be deployed in oceans to collect data on water temperature, salinity, and currents to support the agency's ocean observation programs. Pacific Gyre will serve as the prime...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $232,841.65 fixed-price delivery order to Sunbacker Fiberglass Inc., a woman-owned small business, to provide specialized oceanographic buoys. This delivery order was issued under a larger $2.5 million indefinite delivery contract for Oceanographic Research Equipment that NOAA awarded to Sunbacker Fiberglass. The delivery order has a total small business set-aside...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Blue Ocean Gear Inc., a small business marine technology manufacturer based in Sausalito, California, on August 16, 2023. The contract, valued at $168,260.10 with a completion date of January 17, 2028, procures subscription services for up to 95 buoys and includes an option to exercise a third option year for up to 20 additional subscription services. The award was issued without a set-aside designation and specifies Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts as the place of performance. No major subcontractors are identified in the award documentation. Blue Ocean Gear Inc. specializes in smart buoy systems equipped with advanced GPS tracking and communications capabilities designed to support NOAA's fisheries management and protected species programs. The company has established a track record with NOAA through multiple prior sole-source purchase orders and Small Business Innovation Research grants totaling over $1 million collectively, focusing on innovative tracking solutions for ropeless fishing gear and marine data collection. This subscription services contract aligns with NOAA's broader mission to deploy technology-enabled ocean monitoring and fisheries management solutions across coastal and offshore regions.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Blue Ocean Gear Smart Buoy Subscription Services | NFFM73202302489VES | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Special Notice 1/1 | 7/11/23, 7:15 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P26003 | Exercise an Option | $5.7k | 1/16/26 | |
| P25002 | Exercise an Option | $49.6k | 12/26/24 | |
| P24001 | Exercise an Option | $46.3k | 1/18/24 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $10.3k | 8/16/23 |