Purchase Order N6660426P0028
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- This is a $4,305,787.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The contract is for the development and demonstration of a temperature sensing tow cable, and is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase III. Makai Ocean Engineering has a strong track record of executing complex marine engineering projects for various federal agencies,...
- The U.S. Navy's Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimanalo, Hawaii, to provide engineering services for fiber optic tether deployment analysis. The $90,741 contract supports the development of technical reports on the performance simulation of fiber optic communication links between autonomous underwater vehicles and submarines in a dynamic ocean environment. This award was made on...
- The U.S. Navy's Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order valued at $2.34M to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a Hawaii-based small business specializing in advanced ocean engineering services. Under this contract, Makai will provide an installation vessel, integrate a cable system with deployment equipment, and furnish comprehensive support services for the installation, testing, and recovery of the cable system as part of an offshore communications...
- This federal contract award was issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business located in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The contract, valued at $345,465.43, is for software engineering services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Makai Ocean Engineering is an ocean engineering firm that specializes in offshore communications systems, subsea cabling, renewable energy,...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), a Defense agency, to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a for-profit ocean engineering company based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The $239,752 Firm Fixed Price contract is for research and development and has an ultimate completion date of August 5, 2024. Makai Ocean Engineering, which operates under the Doing Business As name of Makai Research Pier, has extensive...
- This is a $1,499,735.00 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The contract is for research and development under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. Makai Ocean Engineering is the prime contractor and has expertise in ocean engineering services, advanced marine technologies, and renewable energy systems. The contract has a completion date of September 29, 2024 and...
- This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development effort with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), a Defense agency. The prime contractor is Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a for-profit ocean engineering company based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The $1,599,891.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a completion date of February 14, 2025. Makai Ocean Engineering has prior experience as a prime and subcontractor on contracts with various...
- The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a for-profit ocean engineering company based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The $4,571,785 contract is for engineering services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III and has a completion date of September 1, 2023. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. Makai Ocean Engineering specializes in offshore communications systems,...
- The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $5.01 million Cost Plus Fixed Fee Definitive Contract to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimānalo, Hawaii, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III Action on July 1, 2023. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, supports engineering services with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2028. Makai Ocean Engineering, operating as Makai Research Pier, specializes in advanced ocean...
- This is a $1,812,431.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimanalo, Hawaii. The contract is for research and development (R&D) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Makai Ocean Engineering, doing business as Makai Research Pier, will provide R&D services focused on areas such as underwater communications, seabed modeling, and advanced heat exchanger...
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a $1.52M firm fixed-price purchase order to Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., a small business based in Waimanalo, Hawaii, on December 9, 2025, for the delivery of Submarine-Distributed Temperature Sensing (SUB-DTS) shipsets, specifically Buoyant Cable Antenna Distributed Temperature Sensing Fiber in Metal Tube (BCA-DTS FIMT) cable equipment. This Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) procurement, issued as a sole source award without any set-aside designation, supports the Navy's Tactical Oceanography Program and is structured as a commercial items acquisition. The contract carries a firm fixed-price arrangement with an ultimate completion date of June 9, 2027, and requires the contractor to deliver technical documentation including Factory Acceptance Testing reports, monthly Contract Progress Reports, and Optical Loss Testing reports with specific fiber loss measurements at 1300 nm wavelength in searchable electronic formats. Makai Ocean Engineering's award under this SBIR Phase III effort leverages the company's prior SBIR work in fiber optic cable deployment and underwater communications, with full rights and title to data developed in previous phases. The contractor's extensive experience with Naval Sea Systems Command and its expertise in advanced subsea cabling systems position it as the sole source provider for this specialized distributed temperature sensing technology. Makai's broader federal portfolio includes significant contracts with NAVSEA, including a $180M Ocean Multiple Award Contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command and a SeaPort Next Generation contract, which demonstrate its established capability and past performance in delivering complex naval engineering solutions.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Sole Source SBIR Phase III to Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. for Submarine-Distributed Temperature Sensing (SUB-DTS) Shipsets | N6660426Q0028 | Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command | Solicitation 1/2 | 10/6/25, 1:45 PM | |
Sole Source SBIR Phase III to Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. for Submarine-Distributed Temperature Sensing (SUB-DTS) Shipsets | N6660426P0028 | Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command | Award Notice 2/2 | 12/17/25, 8:22 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.5m | 12/16/25 |