The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a purchase order to Cascadia Scientific Services LLC for $80,000 on October 1, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. Work is performed in Olympia, Washington.
The order calls for refining seasonal cetacean density models to support marine mammal management in the Pacific Islands. The contractor delivers statistical modeling expertise in density surface modeling, R programming, and ship-based line-transect data processing, along with Hawaiian monk seal assessment workflow support using SAS and R. Deliverables include species density estimation assistance, survey data processing, model validation, population assessments, GitHub code repositories, and peer-reviewed publications, all becoming U.S. Government property. Period of performance runs through September 30, 2027. The originating solicitation was posted August 19, 2026 with quotes due September 7, 2026, under NAICS 541990 (PSC B524).