Purchase Order N6893616P0613

This is a $132,644.37 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation, a non-profit organization. The contract is for a "Kelp Recovery Plan" with a completion date of January 31, 2020. The work is being performed in Bellingham, Washington and does not have a set-aside designation. Based on the vendor's background, this contract likely involves habitat...

The Naval Air Warfare Center awarded a $192,407.50 firm fixed price purchase order to Atoll Ventures Corp (doing business as Ocean Imaging) on April 10, 2025, for kelp and beach wrack surveys conducted in accordance with a statement of work. The contract extends through July 31, 2030, and includes a base year with an additional option period. This award carries no small business set-aside designation, indicating the work was competed on technical merit. Ocean Imaging, a Colorado-based Subchapter...

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, a nonprofit marine research organization based in East Boothbay, Maine, received a $551,254 research grant (22-EXO22-0056) from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, awarded on November 1, 2023. The pilot study, titled "Active-Life Detection Technologies and Lineage-Resolved Microbial Process Rates in an Ocean World Analog Subsurface Ecosystem," is scheduled for completion by October 31, 2026. This grant was not issued under a...

NASA awarded a $368,145 grant to Oregon State University (OSU) to study phytoplankton and their role in carbon sequestration. The research aims to improve understanding of how phytoplankton form the base of marine ecosystems and drive carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and deep sea, where carbon may be stored for climatically relevant timescales. OSU will perform the work under the supervision of its parent organization, the Oregon University System. The grant has a period of...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to Atoll Ventures Corp, doing business as Ocean Imaging, for a base year plus four option years and five mid-winter options to conduct a kelp study. The total potential contract value is $102,242.79. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as Ocean Imaging was determined to be the only vendor with the historical information required for the survey comparisons. There is no set-aside designation for...

The U.S. government awarded a $563,863 grant for research to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on September 20, 2024, for the Sensing Earth's Algal Wellness to Evaluate Environmental Drivers (SEAWEED) project. This civilian research grant, issued through a shared services center, supports WHOI's marine science research capabilities at its Woods Hole, Massachusetts location, with a performance period extending through September 19, 2027. The project leverages WHOI's established...

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was awarded a $651,253 grant on October 26, 2021, to conduct research assessing spatial biodiversity dynamics in kelp forest ecosystems using spaceborne remote sensing. The research will be performed at WHOI's facility in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, with a completion date of October 25, 2026. This civilian-funded grant supports WHOI's core mission of advancing marine science and oceanographic research through innovative analytical approaches that...

The National Park Service at the Klamath Network (KLMN) has awarded a $2,050.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Cascade Research Group, a minority-owned small business, to provide chlorophyll analysis services for water samples collected from streams and lakes in Jackson County, Oregon. This is an annual requirement to support the KLMN's water quality monitoring programs. Cascade Research Group has been the prime contractor for similar chlorophyll analysis services for the National Park...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded a $299,688 firm fixed price purchase order to Southall Environmental Associates, Inc. to conduct a Vulnerability Index Method for Mapping Stressors and Habitat study along the U.S. West Coast. The solicitation sought proposals to develop a vulnerability index scaling the effects of offshore renewable energy on marine mammals and sea turtles, incorporating species distribution data and addressing data gaps through expert...

This federal contract award is for $21,666.10 to the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), a non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom. The contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) modeling of snow crab energetics under projected ocean acidification and temperature changes in the Bering Sea. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as NOAA determined that PML is the only vendor with the necessary...