NMFS Scientific and Technical Support Services

NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service awarded a Master IDIQ for Professional Scientific and Technical Support Services on April 3, 2015, with ordering authority that closed on April 30, 2019—more than seven years ago. The vehicle is no longer active and cannot support new task orders.

The combined task-order potential value reached $56 million, with $41.7 million obligated across 185 task orders, representing 74 percent utilization. Ordering activity peaked in 2015 with 62 awards, then declined sharply: 27 orders in 2016, 22 in 2017, 58 in 2018, and 16 in 2019. The most recent task-order award was November 30, 2019, indicating the vehicle has been dormant for nearly seven years.

Work performed supports NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, West Coast Region, Pacific Islands Regional Office, and non-domestic areas of the Greater Pacific Region. Task orders predominantly contract professional scientists, subject-matter experts, and technical specialists on labor-hour and firm-fixed-price terms. Representative recent work includes scientist positions supporting cetacean research, marine mammal surveys, fisheries stock assessment, biological field technician roles for Arctic marine-mammal aerial surveys, and specialized roles such as molecular geneticists and scientific editors. A single order to Ocean Associates Inc. reached $2.36 million in ceiling value for Pacific Islands Regional Office communications and spatial planning support.

Lynker Corporation dominated the prime base with 110 orders valued at $32.3 million in combined potential (58 percent of the vehicle's total), while Ocean Associates Inc. held 67 orders worth $22.4 million (40 percent). The Baldwin Group Inc. and Freestone Environmental Services Inc. collectively accounted for less than two percent. All 185 orders funded NOAA. Approximately 83 percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation; 17 percent were set aside for small business.

This vehicle is closed to new pursuit. Existing primes with remaining option periods or active task orders may execute final closeout modifications, but the ordering period ceiling has passed and no new work can be awarded.

NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded a Master IDIQ for Professional Scientific and Technical Support Services for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the West Coast Region, the Pacific Islands Regional Office, and in non-domestic areas of the Greater Pacific Region.