Purchase Order 1305M324P0436
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- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Sea Ventures Inc., a small disadvantaged, veteran-owned maritime services firm based in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a $6.5M definitive time and materials contract on September 16, 2021, to provide vessel support, diving operations, scientific services, and coral reef restoration support for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC), with operations extending through March 15, 2025. The...
- This is a $2,644,531.19 definitive contract awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Sea Ventures Inc., a small disadvantaged business and veteran-owned firm based in Puerto Rico. The contract is for Caribbean vessel, dive, and scientific support services in support of NOAA Fisheries' Office of Habitat Conservation and Restoration Center. The work was originally solicited as a 100% small business set-aside with a 3-year period of...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, to Sea Ventures Inc., a veteran-owned small disadvantaged business located in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The contract, valued at $2,127,006.46, is for Caribbean vessel, dive, and support services in support of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC) and Restoration Center (RC). The contract is a time...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency within the Department of Commerce, to Hector J Ruiz Torres, doing business as HJR Reefscaping. The $80,000.00 contract is for professional services related to marine ecosystem research and monitoring, with a focus on reef fish and coral populations in Puerto Rico. The award was set aside for small businesses. As a prime contractor, HJR Reefscaping has...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $149,900 firm fixed-price purchase order to HJR Reefscaping, a minority-owned sole proprietorship based in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, on September 14, 2024. Under this contract, which runs through December 31, 2025, the contractor will provide commercial fishing vessels, captains, and trained observers to support the Puerto Rico Deepwater Reef Fish Survey. The scope of work involves deploying and retrieving hook and line fishing...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $49,999.60 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hector J Ruiz Torres, doing business as HJR Reefscaping, on September 23, 2025, to support shallow water reef fish survey services for NOAA's Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Puerto Rico. This Total Small Business Set-Aside contract runs through December 31, 2026, and tasks the contractor with providing vessels, captains, and observers to conduct fishery-independent surveys using hook...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $130,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hector J Ruiz Torres, doing business as HJR Reefscaping, on August 16, 2022, with completion targeted for December 31, 2025. This contract is not subject to any set-aside designation. HJR Reefscaping, a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned sole proprietorship, will provide scientific and technical consulting services including vessels, captains, observers, and observer...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $99,900 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hector J Ruiz Torres, doing business as HJR Reefscaping, on September 29, 2025, for commercial fishing vessels to support the Puerto Rico Deepwater Reef Fish Survey 2026. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, will be performed in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, with work scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026. HJR Reefscaping, a minority-owned and Hispanic...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a firm fixed-price definitive contract to Hector J Ruiz Torres, doing business as HJR Reefscaping, a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned small business. The $620,000.00 contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for the Spiny Lobster Management Project in Puerto Rico. The contract, with a performance period ending on February 28, 2029, requires HJR...
- This is a $119,332.51 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Johnston Applied Marine Sciences, LLC, a woman-owned small business. The contract is for coral reef assessments and resilience studies on the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This work supports NOAA's marine science and coral reef restoration efforts and was competitively awarded as a total small business set-aside. As the prime...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through its National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Habitat Conservation, awarded a $6.5 million Time and Materials Purchase Order to Sea Ventures Inc. on September 17, 2024. This Total Small Business set-aside contract provides vessel, dive, scientific, and coral reef restoration support services for marine conservation and habitat restoration initiatives in the U.S. Caribbean and Southeast regions, with performance extending through September 16, 2027. The contract was competitively solicited as a Request for Quotation with a June 28, 2024 deadline under NAICS code 488390 (Other Support Activities for Water Transportation), and Sea Ventures was selected based on demonstrated capabilities and existing relationships with NOAA. Sea Ventures Inc., a small disadvantaged, veteran-owned maritime services firm headquartered in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, brings specialized expertise in marine research, diving operations, and ecosystem restoration to this engagement. The company's selection leverages its geographic positioning in Puerto Rico and established track record delivering critical support to federal agencies in the Caribbean, including ongoing contracts with the U.S. Coast Guard for vessel and dive operations. This NOAA purchase order complements Sea Ventures' broader role in federal marine conservation efforts, including a concurrent $5 million Cooperative Agreement for coral restoration and a substantial history of sub-grant work on coral reef recovery and marine habitat assessment projects throughout Puerto Rico and the Caribbean region.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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NOAA, Office of Habitat Conservation, Diving & Vessel Support | 1305M324Q0252 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Solicitation 2/3 | 5/30/24, 3:39 PM | |
NOAA Restoration Center Vessel, Dive, Scientific | 1305M324Q0252 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Award Notice 3/3 | 9/5/24, 8:22 AM | |
NOAA, Office of Habitat Conservation, Diving & Vessel Support | 143013-24-0009 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 5/29/24, 9:29 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P26009 | Funding Only Action | $156.9k | 1/28/26 | |
| P26008 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 11/25/25 | |
| P25007 | Funding Only Action | $162.2k | 9/25/25 | |
| P25006 | Funding Only Action | ($136k) | 9/17/25 | |
| P25005 | Exercise an Option | $222.3k | 8/13/25 |