Purchase Order 1305M326P0187
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- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Alaska Region awarded a $99.5K firm fixed-price purchase order to Aqua Wildlife Research (operated by Tamara Mcguire) on October 1, 2025, to support professional scientific services for a Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo-Identification Study. This total small business set-aside contract, set to conclude September 30, 2027, will leverage non-invasive photo-identification techniques to address critical data gaps regarding individual...
- The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,060,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Mcguire, Tamara, a woman-owned small business doing business as Aqua Wildlife Research, for photo identification studies of Cook Inlet beluga whales. The contract is a five-year effort to collect and analyze photographic data to provide information on the whales' population demography, distribution, and habitat use. The contractor will conduct at least 25 photo surveys during...
- 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...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $999,999.79 definitive contract to Mcguire Tamara, doing business as Aqua Wildlife Research, for professional scientific services supporting Cook Inlet beluga whale photo identification on September 15, 2017, under a total small business set-aside. The awardee is an SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business. The originating solicitation calls for professional scientific services in support of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries...
- This is a $11,720.14 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 Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services, a small disadvantaged, woman-owned business. The contract is for the development of a publication on morbidity and mortality trends in stranded Cook Inlet beluga whales from 2014 to 2025. The work is to be performed in Eagle River, Alaska, and is not set aside for any specific...
- The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $137,422.00 firm fixed price purchase order to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game to provide vessel charter services to conduct photogrammetry research on the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. The contract is to support small boat operations out of Anchorage, Alaska between July and September 2020, where a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system will be deployed to...
- This firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency, to LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. for $81,750.00 to provide Cook Inlet beluga whale photo identification data analysis and synthesis services. The contract has a period of performance ending on September 30, 2020 and is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business.
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, to LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. for non-personal services related to 2017 Cook Inlet beluga whale photo-identification research. The contract has a ceiling value of $149,500.00 and a period of performance through September 1, 2020. The contract was set aside for small businesses. LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. is a small disadvantaged business...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian agency, to LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. for the collection of biopsies and photographs of Cook Inlet beluga whales. The contract has a ceiling value of $149,983.28 and a completion date of September 1, 2020. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. No major...
- The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $115,182.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Groupe De Recherche Et D'Education SUR Les Mammifères Marins (GREMM) for beluga whale biopsy services in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The contract will run from the award date of August 11, 2023 through September 30, 2025, with optional extension periods. The requested services include providing labor, equipment, and materials necessary to perform the biopsy...
NOAA awarded a purchase order to Aqua Wildlife Research (Tamara Mcguire, a woman-owned small business) on September 30, 2026, for $398,000 (firm-fixed-price) to conduct a non-severable Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo Identification Study. The order is set-aside for woman-owned small business concerns. Performance is based in Anchorage, Alaska, with field work conducted in Cook Inlet via boat and shore-based surveys. The base period runs two non-severable 12-month periods (September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2028), with three optional one-year extensions. Year 1 focuses on field season data collection; Year 2 covers documentation, data analysis, and report production. The contractor must conduct at least 14 photo-identification surveys during the 2027 field season, integrate new and government-provided imagery into the existing Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo-ID Project catalog, and produce peer-review quality reports on survival, mortality, anthropogenic trauma, habitat use, distribution, movement patterns, reproductive characteristics, and demographics. The Principal Investigator must hold a graduate degree in marine mammalogy or related field with extensive documented experience leading long-term beluga photographic identification studies.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo Identification Study Support Services | 1305M326P0187 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Award Notice 2/2 | 7/15/26, 11:52 AM | |
NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo Identification Study Support Services | 1305M326Q0211 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Solicitation 1/2 | 6/11/26, 8:41 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $99.5k | 7/14/26 |