National Ocean Service Hydrographic Surveying Services

The National Ocean Service Hydrographic Surveying Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provides comprehensive hydrographic surveying services to support the agency's nautical charting and coastal mapping programs. The contract vehicle enables NOAA to acquire critical geospatial data collection services for mapping U.S. coastal waters, inland navigable areas, and maritime environments. These services include multibeam hydrographic surveys, bathymetric data collection, topographic mapping, and emergency response surveying to support navigation safety, infrastructure assessment, and coastal management.

The contract vehicle has a $250 million shared ceiling and has consistently awarded task orders ranging from approximately $150,000 to over $8 million, with performance periods typically spanning 6-12 months. Frequent prime contractors include Etrac (A Woolpert Company), Ocean Surveys, Inc., Leidos, Inc., David Evans and Associates, Terrasond Limited, Geodynamics LLC, and Fugro USA Marine, Inc. The task orders predominantly cover hydrographic survey services in coastal regions, Great Lakes, and Alaskan waters, with a focus on areas like Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf Coast states, and various Alaskan maritime regions. None of the task orders utilized small business set-aside designations, and the contracts are consistently awarded as firm fixed-price delivery orders supporting NOAA's mission-critical mapping and charting requirements.