The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded a $400,882 purchase order to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the lease of an autonomous underwater vehicle. The vehicle will collect geophysical and geochemical data offshore northern California from May to June 2022 when deployed from the research vessel Thompson. Per the special notice of intent, the sought vehicle was required to operate at depths up to 3,500 meters to accommodate payloads for seafloor...
This is a $10,000 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the United States Geological Survey to Marine Applied Research And Exploration, a non-profit organization, to lease a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and provide associated mobilization services. The ROV will support the recovery of scientific equipment mounted on a tripod frame anchored to the seafloor offshore of Washington state at a depth of 240 meters. The work is to be performed between March 15-24, 2024 aboard the R/V...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded a $327,780 firm fixed price purchase order to Liquid Robotics, Inc. to provide a seafloor geodetic capability project. As the single source identified in the agency's Special Notice, Liquid Robotics will deliver an autonomous ocean-surface vessel integrated with a GPS-A module and acoustic transponders. The vessel must be less than 10.5 feet long with a minimum 15 watt payload power and 4.5 kWh battery capacity to transport...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $90,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Outbound Marine LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the lease of a vessel equipped with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to recover scientific equipment mounted on a seafloor tripod frame off the coast of northern Washington. The period of performance is from August 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024. This contract is a total small business set-aside. Outbound Marine LLC has previously provided...
The US Geological Survey awarded a $322,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Seafloor Systems, Inc. for the delivery of two unmanned surface vessels. The solicitation sought proposals for autonomous vessels between 5-6 meters in length with Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity, 180-degree cameras, twin 10HP electric outboards providing 6 knots for 8 hours of operation. Seafloor Systems, a veteran owned small business, will provide the vessels as specified to support the USGS's hydrologic...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a non-profit research organization, to design, fabricate, integrate, and test a new version of the Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (AUV) called the Remote Environmental Measuring Units (REMUS) 6000LE. The contract, valued at $2,609,428.71, has a period of performance ending on March 31, 2017. WHOI is a prominent provider of oceanographic research and marine...
This is a delivery order issued under a federal contract awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a non-profit research organization. The contract, valued at $1,399,042.00, is for REMUS AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) engineering services and was awarded on September 22, 2015, with a completion date of September 30, 2017. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement, indicating that WHOI will be reimbursed for allowable...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey awarded L3 Technologies Inc. a $303,902 firm fixed price purchase order for an autonomous underwater vehicle with integrated fiber optic gyroscope inertial navigation system. The vehicle must meet requirements specified in the U.S. Geological Survey's pre-solicitation notice seeking such a vehicle with a total small business set-aside for use by its Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. L3 Technologies will deliver the...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), part of the Department of the Interior, awarded a $903,203.42 firm fixed-price purchase order to Eclipse Group, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Annapolis, Maryland, to provide a vessel charter to support offshore data collection activities. The contracted services include the mobilization and operation of a vessel to conduct long sediment core sampling, remote operated vehicle (ROV) surveys, and sub-bottom seismic data collection off the coasts of...
This is a $183,869 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private non-profit research organization. The contract is for the acquisition of uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) payloads for the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). The award has no set-aside designation and the ultimate...