2024-2025 living marine resources (LMR) program general environmental needs
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- N39430-25-C-0008
- Agency
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Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- N39430-25-C-0008 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded contract N39430-25-C-0008 valued at $643,978 to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research on August 25, 2025, for research services under the 2024-2025 Living Marine Resources Program. The contract covers scientific analysis and research focused on understanding cetacean (whale) behavioral responses to Coherent Active Sonar (CAS) and other sound sources, utilizing existing SMRT tag deployment data to evaluate changes in diving and vocal behavior of tagged whales. The contractor will work with the Navy to classify sound waveforms, develop analytical models, process data, and disseminate findings through peer-reviewed publications and presentations. While the contract may include some field work for targeted data collection, the primary focus is on data analysis, model development, and capacity building to support acoustic threshold research that influences marine mammal impact assessments.
Notice text
The goal of this study is to leverage past and ongoing SMRT tag deployments toward a more comprehensive understanding of cetacean responses to CAS and other sound sources. Contractor will use the description of an SQS-53 CAS signal provided by the Navy, and work with the LMRAC and NUWC/M3R to verify if similar waveforms recorded are CAS or other high duty cycle sound sources. Waveforms will be grouped into PAS, CAS, and unknown signal types in analyses unless further classification of unknown signals becomes possible in the future.
While this project may ultimately include some field work to facilitate targeted data collection when needed, the focus will be on analysis, including support for additional data processing, model development, and capacity building. It will also support the dissemination of results through peer-reviewed publications and presentations of findings.
Primary analyses will evaluate the following hypotheses related to CAS:
- Exposure to CAS will result in identifiable changes in diving and vocal behavior of individual tagged whales.
- Responses to CAS will differ from responses to PAS in similar exposure contexts (e.g., maximum received level, cumulative sound exposure level, waveform duration, distance to source).
Secondary analyses may be identified in the course of this work, and this project will contribute to stronger baseline behavioral estimates for study populations and species of interest going forward. The results will be applicable to all Ziphius study populations going forward and provide data to the acoustic thresholds which drive takes.
Awarded contract N39430-25-C-0008 to FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH for 643978.00 on 2025-08-25.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
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| 2024-2025 living marine resources (LMR) program general environmental needs | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Award Notice | |
| 2024-2025 living marine resources (LMR) program general environmental needs | Award Notice | |
| N-0300-25: Research that Pertains to the LMR Program Investment Areas | Award Notice | |
| 2024-2025 living marine resources (LMR) program general environmental needs | Solicitation |
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