The federal contract IDV award to Saildrone Inc., a provider of autonomous maritime data collection systems, is a $500,000 GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a civilian federal agency. The 5-year contract, awarded on June 7, 2022, provides Saildrone's wind and solar-powered unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), commonly referred to as "saildrones," to support NOAA's mission requirements across various operational domains, including maritime domain awareness, bathymetric mapping, weather observation, and living marine resource assessments.
The contract includes firm fixed-price delivery orders awarded to Saildrone, both with and without small business set-asides, for services such as surface-based maritime domain awareness, hurricane forecasting using USVs, and bathymetric mapping in the Gulf of Maine. Additionally, the contract features a $9.6 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement that allows NOAA and partner agencies to issue task orders for Saildrone's uncrewed surface vehicle data services over a 2-year period of performance. These contract vehicles reflect Saildrone's expertise in providing autonomous maritime data collection and analysis capabilities to support a range of federal agency missions.
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