Purchase Order N0018925P0579
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- The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $48,424.22 to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, to deliver Ocean Sensor Spotter and Smart Mooring systems. The contract has a period of performance from July 2023 through May 2024. The solicitation sought Spotter wave buoys to support ocean observation efforts. This sole source award was set aside for total small business and cites Federal...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency, to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The contract, valued at $13,320.06, is for the procurement of 2 SPOTTER commercial Iridium/cellular monitoring buoys. The contract has a completion date of June 30, 2025 and is set aside for small businesses....
- The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $15,499.35 firm fixed price purchase order to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, for the delivery of a SOFAR Spotter water level measuring buoy with pressure and temperature nodes and an Iridium short-burst data modem. Per the original sole source solicitation, the buoy and associated hardware will support testing and potential operational use in NOAA programs...
- This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency, to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a for-profit manufacturer of ocean monitoring equipment. The $6,655.98 contract is for the delivery of a SPOTTER commercial Iridium/cellular buoy network to support the National Data Buoy Center at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The contract does not have a set-aside...
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The $22,345.36 contract was awarded on June 13, 2025 by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, a defense agency, for the delivery of a "SMART MOORING ANCHOR NODE" with a completion date of June 13, 2025. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Sofar Ocean...
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $29,260 firm fixed price purchase order to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, for the purchase of spotter buoys and accessories. The contract calls for the delivery of a spotter buoy with both Iridium and cellular communications capabilities, as well as dual telemetry options, lightweight and robust design, temperature nodes in the mooring cable, and delivery services. Products and...
- This is a $7,817,571 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a small business manufacturer of specialized ocean monitoring equipment and data services. The contract is for the "Observation and Predictive Modeling of Ocean Weather Using Distributed Ocean Networks" and does not have a set-aside designation. Sofar Ocean Technologies will provide the ONR with...
- The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $11,448 purchase order to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., doing business as Spoondrift Technologies, for buoy procurement. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance of one year, running from September 2023 through September 2024, and has a total small business set aside designation. Spoondrift Technologies, located in Key Biscayne, Florida, will deliver buoys to NOAA to support the...
- The U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $250,000.00 to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies), a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the delivery of Sofar's "BRISTLEMOUTH, OPEN CONNECTIVITY STANDARD, OCEAN SENSING, OCEAN EXPLORATION" products and services, which align with ONR's interests in receiving proposals for long-range science and technology...
- Spoondrift Technologies, Inc., doing business as Sofar Ocean Technologies, will provide wave buoys to the U.S. Geological Survey under a $52,593.41 firm fixed price purchase order. As a small business set-aside awarded by the Department of the Interior, Spoondrift Technologies will deliver the buoys in support of the USGS's ocean monitoring activities. The buoys will aid the agency's efforts to collect hydrographic and oceanographic data along U.S. coastlines and help advance its coastal and...
The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command awarded a $336,307 firm fixed-price purchase order to Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Spoondrift Technologies) on September 19, 2025, for air deployable spotter buoys. The contract, which represents a sole-source, non-competitive procurement under simplified commercial procedures, will be performed in Seattle, Washington, with an ultimate completion date of December 18, 2025. This award does not utilize any small business set-aside designation. The 90-day delivery requirement reflects an urgent operational need for these specialized oceanographic monitoring systems, which the Navy intends to deploy for real-time ocean data collection and analysis supporting maritime operations and environmental intelligence. Sofar Ocean Technologies is a small business manufacturer of advanced ocean monitoring equipment based in San Francisco that specializes in wave buoys, sensors, and intelligent marine observation platforms. The company has an established track record delivering ocean monitoring solutions to multiple federal agencies including the Naval Oceanographic Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Naval Research, and other Department of Defense and civilian research organizations. The company's SPOTTER buoys and related sensing technologies provide critical real-time oceanographic data collection capabilities that support naval operations, coastal monitoring, and marine research objectives across federal agencies.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Spotter Buoys | N0018925Q0555 | Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command | Solicitation 2/2 | 9/15/25, 1:39 PM | |
Spotter Buoys | N6306125RC00DF | Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 9/10/25, 12:16 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $336.3k | 9/19/25 |