ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain, a multiple-award Master IDIQ, on March 29, 2024, with an ordering ceiling of March 29, 2029—roughly two years and eight months of procurement authority remaining. The vehicle carries an $8 billion shared ceiling across four ProTech 2.0 Domains (Satellite, Fisheries, Oceans, and Weather); the Fisheries Domain itself has drawn $125.3 million in combined task-order potential value to date, with $24.2 million obligated (19% of potential value).

Task orders fund scientific and technical support for NOAA Fisheries nationwide, spanning the Alaska, Pacific Islands, Southeast and Caribbean, Greater Atlantic, and West Coast regional offices. Recent orders procure laboratory sample processing, field research, environmental monitoring, protected species surveys, aquaculture policy analysis, electronic monitoring systems, investigative support, ESA consultation services, and autonomous vehicle operations. Work is geographically dispersed across regional fisheries science centers (Northeast, Northwest, Alaska) and field stations.

The vehicle shows strong ordering momentum: four orders placed in 2024, 28 in 2025, and 7 year-to-date in 2026, indicating a backlog of requirements materializing across NOAA Fisheries divisions. All 39 task orders fund the same customer—NOAA Fisheries—eliminating customer concentration risk but tying economics entirely to a single agency's budget trajectory.

Competition is moderately concentrated. Ocean Associates Inc. leads with 11 orders and $33 million combined potential value, followed by Saltwater Inc. (5 orders, $27.8 million) and Azura Consulting LLC (3 orders, $27.2 million). The top five primes by potential value (Ocean Associates, Saltwater, Azura, Sairdrone Inc., and Orchard LLC) hold 84% of combined potential value. A long tail of seven additional small-business contractors holds the remaining 16%.

Small business dominates the set-aside mix: 56% of orders are total small-business set-asides, 26% are woman-owned small business, and 18% carry no set-aside. Task-order values span from a $250 minimum guarantee to $19.6 million, with most ranging between $500 thousand and $8 million potential value. Pricing is predominantly firm fixed price; several recent orders use time-and-materials or labor-hour structures for survey and monitoring work.

The services provided under ProTech 2.0 Fisheries will support sites worldwide, which include, but may not be limited to, Alaska, Greater Atlantic, Pacific Islands, Southeast and Caribbean, and West Coast Regions with varied requirements and surge requirements.