Purchase Order 140M0126P0009
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- <p>The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $198,371 definitive contract to The Mitre Corporation for assessment of deep sea mining technology on April 22, 2026, with ultimate completion on April 21, 2027.</p> <p>The contract is priced firm fixed price with no set-aside. Place of performance is West McLean, VA. The award includes a bilateral modification to add FAR 52.222-90 per Executive Order 14398.</p>
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded The MITRE Corporation a $1,999,927 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order on September 11, 2025, for deep-sea mining polymetallic nodule and environment mapping, characterization, monitoring, and program management development. This modification updates the Contracting Officer's Representative and aligns the work with Executive Order 14285, "Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals," which prioritizes domestic...
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $270,000 purchase order to Conservation Biology Institute, Inc. for critical minerals geospatial portal development on June 3, 2026, with ultimate completion June 2, 2031. Performance occurs in Corvallis, Oregon. The order funds development and maintenance of the Critical Minerals Geospatial Portal, including operation of the existing Guam Data Basin gateway, creation of new portal websites for the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and American...
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a purchase order to Ocean Metrics LLC on September 2, 2025, for an Environmental Sensitivity Study—Phase 2, with a ceiling value of $500,000 and a firm fixed-price structure. Performance occurs in Manhattan Beach, California, with an ultimate completion date of September 24, 2029. The order funds development of offshore Environmental Sensitivity Indices and spatially explicit interactive mapping products across all 27 Outer Continental Shelf Planning...
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a $980,620 delivery order to Blue World Research Institute Inc. on December 16, 2024, for scientific and technical support services related to emerging resources including critical minerals, with an ultimate completion date of June 14, 2027. The order is issued under Blue World's $20 million single-award IDIQ with BOEM for ecological research and environmental assessment services (awarded December 15, 2022, through December 31, 2027). Place of...
- <p>The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a delivery order to Aptim Federal Services, LLC on June 16, 2026, with a ceiling value of $135,715.32 for conversion of historic offshore mineral resource evaluation reports. The order is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of December 16, 2027, and is issued with no set-aside. Place of performance is Baton Rouge, LA.</p>
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a $100,420 delivery order to Blue World Research Institute Inc. on May 27, 2025, for biologging tag procurement in support of the nation oil and gas program, with ultimate completion on May 26, 2027. The order is priced on a firm fixed price basis. Place of performance is Port St. John, FL. Blue World Research Institute Inc. is a nonprofit marine ecology research organization that operates exclusively as a prime contractor to BOEM, delivering...
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $273,194 firm fixed-price delivery order to Aptim Federal Services, LLC on September 16, 2022, for critical and hard offshore mineral resource evaluation work. The contract, which was completed by July 31, 2023, was performed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and did not utilize a set-aside designation. Aptim Federal Services, a Louisiana-based environmental and infrastructure services provider, brought its extensive expertise in technical research and...
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a $313,792 delivery order to Blue World Research Institute Inc. on August 11, 2026, for transitioning risk assessment framework work, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. Blue World Research Institute Inc. is a nonprofit marine ecology research organization based in Cocoa, Florida, operating as a prime contractor exclusively to BOEM. Place of performance is Port St. John, FL. The order is firm fixed price with no set-aside...
- <p>The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a delivery order to Aptim Federal Services, LLC on October 1, 2024, for geophysical mapping services with a ceiling value of $774,921.74 and an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2027.</p> <p>Place of performance is Baton Rouge, LA. The order is priced on a firm fixed price basis with no set-aside applied.</p>
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a purchase order to Atdepth MRV Inc. valued at $359,025 on August 12, 2026, for the Pacific Deepwater Investigations, Research, and Technology (PAC-DIRT) Study under a total small business set-aside. Work is performed at the contractor's facility in Dover, Massachusetts. The order requires the contractor to increase understanding of how environmental factors influence sediment plume distribution related to seabed mineral mining operations. Primary deliverables include a detailed study plan, quarterly progress reports, sediment analyses characterizing grain size distribution and settling velocities, sediment plume modeling using oceanographic data, a final technical report, geodatabases with metadata, journal publications, and oral presentations. A Project Manager with sufficient authority and demonstrated expertise in fluid dynamics, physical oceanography, and deep-sea sediments is required. Performance extends through February 11, 2028. The originating solicitation, posted June 22, 2026 with a quotation due date of July 15, 2026, was issued under FAR Part 12 for commercial products and services (NAICS 541620, Environmental Consulting Services).
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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PC-26-01A, PACIFIC DEEPWATER INVESTIGATI | 140M0126Q0033 | Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Solicitation 1/2 | 6/22/26, 12:28 PM | |
PC-26-01A, PACIFIC DEEPWATER INVESTIGATI | 140M0126Q0033 | Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Award Notice 2/2 | 8/11/26, 9:51 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $359.0k | 8/10/26 |