SOFAR Data as a Service (DaaS)
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N0018926QL281
- Agency
-
Naval Supply Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- PSC
- R702 Support- Management: Data Collection
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Naval Supply Systems Command, soliciting on behalf of the Naval Oceanographic Office, seeks to procure SOFAR Data as a Service support services on a sole-source basis from SOFAR Ocean Technologies, Inc. (CAGE 7JGR4), with quotes due July 27, 2026. This is a Total Small Business acquisition under FAR 12.102(b).
Place of performance is the United States. The contract is Firm Fixed Price with a one-year period of performance from July 31, 2026 through July 30, 2027. The estimated quantity is 400 Spotter buoys distributed across a network delivering continuous real-time oceanographic and meteorological data via secure API endpoints (JSON format) and secure SFTP servers (BUFR format).
Technical requirements include wave spectra, derived wind speed and direction with 2.5-degree resolution, sea surface temperature with 0.1°C absolute accuracy, air pressure with 1.5 mbar accuracy, and significant wave height with 2.0 cm accuracy. The contractor must guarantee 90% network uptime in any 30-day billing cycle with a minimum of 360 active reporting buoys daily, and maintain 80% minimum uptime in any 24-hour period. The contractor assumes full responsibility and expense for replacing lost, destroyed, or naturally expired buoys to maintain the 400-buoy baseline. Dashboard access with up to five programmatic user accounts and a limited-rights data license restricted to Navy-only use is required. Monthly reporting must include SLA and quality reports detailing cumulative uptime percentages, daily active buoy counts, and quality control failure summaries.
The NAICS code is 334513 with a small business size standard of 750 employees. PSC code is R702. Evaluation will assess price reasonableness and past performance without formal source selection procedures.
Notice text
The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk Contracting Department, Fleet Directorate intends to solicit – on behalf of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) – SOFAR Ocean Technologies, Inc (CAGE:
7JGR4) on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 12.102(b). The proposed acquisition is to procure commercially distributed SOFAR Data as a Service (DaaS) support services in support of Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). The resultant Purchase Order (PO) will be issued on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis and will contain a one-year Period of Performance of 31 July 2026 through 30 July 2027.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2.01 N0018926QL281.pdf |
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