NOAA awarded a $58,693.85 firm fixed-price purchase order to Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. for SBE-16PLUSV2 SeaCat CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) sensors and ECO V2 fluorometers to support the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Laboratory. The contract was awarded on September 4, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of January 15, 2026, and carries NOAA Approval #OR-25-02456. Sea-Bird Electronics, a Bellevue, Washington-based subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of high-precision oceanographic instrumentation and has been a consistent federal contractor for NOAA and the Department of the Navy. No small business or other set-aside designation was utilized for this award, reflecting the contractor's competitive technical capabilities in specialized oceanographic sensor technology.
The sensors and fluorometers procured under this contract will be used for marine research and environmental monitoring conducted by NOAA's Marine Mammal Laboratory, supporting the agency's broader mission in marine science and resource management. Sea-Bird Electronics maintains an extensive relationship with NOAA through a $45.7 billion Indefinite Delivery Contract (expiring September 2035) for equipment, parts, repair, upgrade, and maintenance services, as well as two Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command totaling $4 million combined. These instruments are critical for measuring marine parameters including conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll levels essential to the agency's oceanographic research initiatives.
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