Purchase Order 1333MF25P0129
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- 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 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Tamara McGuire, doing business as Aqua Wildlife Research, for Professional Scientific Services - Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo Identification. The contract, which is set aside for Small Businesses, has a potential value of $1,000,000.00 and a completion date of December 30, 2022. Aqua Wildlife Research is a Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business, For Profit...
- 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 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 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 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 $125,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to the non-profit organization Wild Me. The contract is for professional services related to using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to automate the processing and matching of overhead Cook Inlet beluga whale photographs. This contract does not utilize any small business set-aside. Wild Me has previously provided a variety of technology...
- <p>This is a $94,181.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, to Alaska Ecological Research, LLC, a woman-owned small business, to provide professional services for developing a marine mammal disaster response plan for the Cook Inlet region of Alaska. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a performance period ending on December 30, 2018.</p>
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 and population characteristics of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. The work will be performed in Juneau, Alaska, and falls under NOAA's broader marine mammal research and conservation mission in Cook Inlet waters. Under the two-year contract structure, Aqua Wildlife Research will conduct a minimum of 14 photo-identification surveys, incorporate collected photographs into an existing identification catalog, and perform comprehensive data analysis examining spatial and temporal patterns, survival rates, reproduction, and human interactions. The first contract year focuses on field season data collection, while year two emphasizes documentation, analysis, and report production. The contractor, certified as a women-owned small business, will deliver scientific reports and analytical findings to support NOAA's understanding of beluga whale population demographics and habitat use, with travel expenses capped at $5,000 across the entire contract period.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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COOK INLET BELUGA PHOTO ID SERVICES FD-2025-498 | 1333MF25Q0086 | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Solicitation 1/1 | 8/27/25, 9:49 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $99.5k | 9/17/25 |