The contractor shall provide a comprehensive, contractor-owned, contractor-operated, government augmented (COCOGA) service using long-endurance USV to perform high-resolution ocean floor mapping.

Active Indefinite Delivery Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
N0018926DL016
Awardee
Awarding agency
Task orders
0

Award facts

Opportunity
Last date to order 13% complete
IDV ceiling
$40,000,000.00
Maximum order
$40,000,000.00
Award type
Multiple award
Who can order
Only the awarding agency
Contracting staff
Funding agency
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
NAICS code
541330 Engineering Services
PSC
R702 Support- Management: Data Collection
Set-aside
Total Small Business
Competition
Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 9 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Order Dependent (IDV only)

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

About this IDV

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command awarded an indefinite-delivery contract to Blue Water Autonomy, Inc. on August 1, 2026, with a $40.0 million ceiling. The contract is a Total Small Business set-aside under a multiple-award structure and runs through July 31, 2028. It covers contractor-owned, contractor-operated, government augmented (COCOGA) ocean floor mapping using long-endurance unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), with data collection performed globally. The contract carries NAICS 541990 and PSC R702.

The originating pre-solicitation, posted February 23, 2026, was issued by Naval Supply Systems Command on behalf of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) under solicitation N0018926USV. That notice carried no set-aside. It requires four mission profiles: shallow water bathymetric surveys (vessel draft to approximately 200 meters), bathymetric surveys (200 to 4,000 meters), deep water bathymetric surveys (4,000 meters to full ocean depth), and seamount surveys (vessel draft to 4,000 meters). Solutions must achieve a minimum monthly productivity of 2,000 linear nautical miles, use multibeam sonar meeting International Hydrographic Organization Order 1A standards, allow remote monitoring by NAVOCEANO personnel via NIPRNET, and encrypt data at rest and in transit.

Under the COCOGA model, the contractor supplies all equipment, maintenance, survey coordination, safe mobilization, mission planning, and daily operations, with potential responsibility for data processing and delivery. Government augmentation may include leading planning and execution phases, operating the contractor-supplied payload, or performing all data processing. Deliverables include raw multibeam sonar data, oceanographic profiles, GNSS observables, vessel motion data, collection logs, a Report of Survey, and processed data products with processing logs and documentation.

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract N0018926DL016?

N0018926DL016 was awarded to Blue Water Autonomy, Inc. by Naval Supply Systems Command (Department of the Navy) on August 1, 2026.

How much is contract N0018926DL016 worth?

N0018926DL016's own ceiling is $40,000,000. A single order can be worth up to $40,000,000.

Which agency awarded contract N0018926DL016?

Naval Supply Systems Command (Department of the Navy) awarded N0018926DL016, with funding from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (Department of the Navy).

Who can order from contract N0018926DL016?

N0018926DL016 is a multiple award indefinite delivery contract. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.

Was contract N0018926DL016 competed?

The extent of competition for N0018926DL016 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 9 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.

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