ProTech 2.0 Oceans Domain

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded ProTech 2.0 Oceans Domain on April 12, 2024, a master IDIQ with a shared ceiling of $8 billion and ordering authority through April 28, 2029. The vehicle supports professional, scientific, and technical services across a worldwide network of 29 coastal sites, including estuarine systems, Great Lakes sites, disaster response locations in U.S. and state waters, oil and chemical spill sites, and U.S. ports.

Ordering momentum has declined sharply since award. NOAA issued 23 task orders in 2024 (within seven months of vehicle award), four in 2025, and two in 2026 through July 1. Combined task-order potential value stands at $62.6 million, with $25.9 million obligated (41 percent of potential). With 2 years 9 months of ordering authority remaining and only 29 task orders awarded to date against an $8 billion ceiling, significant capacity remains available.

Task-order scope spans administrative support, budget and financial services, geospatial services, marine vessel support, communications and education, scientific and technical support across NOAA's fisheries and ocean service divisions, and policy development. Pricing is predominantly firm fixed price, with some time-and-materials arrangements. Individual orders range from $250 to $8.3 million ceiling value; notably, geospatial services and ocean marine sanctuary support orders exceed $7 million in ceiling value, while administrative and communications work typically clusters below $2 million.

All 29 task orders fund NOAA programs exclusively. Competition is concentrated among five firms: Propel Solutions LLC (5 orders, $17.7 million combined potential value), Cardinal Point Captains, Inc. (5 orders, $14.5 million), and Ocean Associates Inc. (6 orders, $9.5 million) together hold roughly 60 percent of potential value. Three additional firms—Integrated Systems Solutions Inc., Genwest Systems Inc., and others—split the remainder.

Set-asides are mixed. Unrestricted awards account for 34 percent of orders; Total Small Business, 28 percent; Woman-Owned Small Business, 21 percent; and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 17 percent. No single set-aside dominates the vehicle.

The services provided under ProTech 2.0 Oceans will support sites worldwide, which include, but are not be limited to, a network of 29 coastal sites designated to protect and study estuarine systems, our Great Lakes, sites of natural disasters in U.S. and state waters, sites of oil and chemical spills in U.S. and state waters, and U.S. ports.