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...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $162,745 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Blue Ocean Gear Inc., a small business, for subscription services to track up to 95 smart buoys off the Massachusetts coast. The smart buoys, equipped with GPS receivers, microprocessors, and communications systems, detect and provide real-time locations of ropeless fishing gear to support NOAA's fisheries management and protected species programs. The contract, which does...
This is a $4,948.63 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to Blue Robotics Inc., a small business manufacturer of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) and related components. The award provides hardware components, watertight tubes, fathom tether, subsea light, etc. to support NOAA's Beaufort, North Carolina laboratory. This purchase order is not associated with a...
This is a $2,551,440.50 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Devocean Inc. for the supply of buoyless/ropeless systems for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The contract has a base period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, with four one-year option periods. The systems must include an underwater acoustic release mechanism to allow fishermen to retrieve their gear without vertical lines that could entangle whales. Key...
The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a definitive contract to Ropeless Systems, Inc. valued at $5.75 million to provide buoyless/ropeless fishing systems. The contract has a partial small business set aside and runs from July 2022 through June 2027. NOAA issued a special notice to increase the value of an existing contract with Edgeone LLC to provide additional systems for operational testing and familiarization by fishermen. The systems aim...
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...
This is a firm fixed price delivery order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, to Sunbacker Fiberglass Inc., a woman-owned small business. The delivery order, valued at $24,270.27, is for the fabrication and delivery of a customized oceanographic buoy to support NOAA's oceanic and atmospheric monitoring programs. This delivery order is part of a larger $2.5 million indefinite delivery contract with Sunbacker...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for a REAL-TIME WATER LEVEL BUOY valued at $15,499.06. The contract supports NOAA's development of remote water level measuring applications for its National Water Level Observation Program, Physical Oceanography Real-Time System, and National Currents Observation Program. This sole-source contract was awarded under...
This federal contract award, valued at $22,091.60, was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The award was made to Sunbacker Fiberglass Inc., doing business as Sunbacker Fiberglass Repair & Fabrication, a woman-owned small business. The contract is for the delivery of a customized oceanographic research buoy to support NOAA's data collection efforts on oceanic and atmospheric conditions. The award is...
<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>