A.i.s., Inc.

A.i.s., Inc., doing business as Atlantic Inspection Services, a Massachusetts-based small business operating as a Subchapter S corporation, delivers fishery observer recruitment, training, and deployment; electronic monitoring system design and project management; and marine resource monitoring services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides on single-award indefinite delivery contracts and multiple-award vehicles.

The vendor holds three single-award NOAA fisheries observer program IDIQs totaling $93.8 million (Southeast Fisheries Observer Programs at $24.9 million through March 2031, Northeast Fisheries Observer Program at $24.9 million through September 2030, and North Pacific Observer Program at $45 million through September 2029) and places task orders under the ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain multiple-award vehicle ($8 billion ceiling, total small business set-aside, awarded March 2024, extending through September 2029). Recent representative work includes a $8.2 million delivery order from NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center for fishery observer support services through September 2030 (awarded September 2025), a $13.6 million North Pacific Observer Program delivery order exercising option period II through September 2029 (awarded October 2024), and a $4.5 million delivery order supporting the Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Oceans and Climate Branch through September 2028 under the NOAA ProTech Services Solution vehicle (awarded September 2024). A.i.s. also executes task orders through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and the General Services Administration's Professional Services Schedule for NOAA work and holds a spot on one non-set-aside delivery order supporting the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 for ecologist services.

Customer concentration is extreme: NOAA accounts for 167 of 251 total awards and $11.49 billion of $11.52 billion in combined potential value, representing 99.7% of the vendor's award portfolio. Four additional federal customers — GSA Federal Acquisition Service, the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7, the Department of Interior National Park Service National Office, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology — collectively carry fewer than 5 awards and less than $10 million in potential value. The vendor's footprint is almost entirely NOAA fisheries observer and electronic monitoring work across regional programs (Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Northeast, and Southeast U.S. waters).

Across SCI-reportable prime service contracts, A.i.s. invoiced $49.8 million from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2023 peaking at $16.1 million across 127 FTEs. FY2024 and FY2025 settled at roughly $9.8 million and $12.5 million respectively across 92–95 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts run a median of $52.50/hr, with the 10th percentile at $46.19/hr and the 90th percentile at $72.21/hr, reflecting a labor-intensive observer deployment and support model with modest rate variance across the portfolio. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 5% of total contractor hours, with five named subcontractors reported; A.i.s. self-performs the large majority of observer recruitment, training, and at-sea deployment work. In its limited subcontractor role, A.i.s. subs to Industrial Economics Inc. on environmental and wildlife injury assessment studies for NOAA and the Department of Interior, and provides sub-grant work under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on artificial intelligence-driven electronic monitoring and discard accounting systems for West Coast groundfish and New England groundfish fisheries.

Over the past five years, award flow has accelerated from three awards in 2022 and 2023 to ten awards in 2024, settling at five in 2025 and eight in 2026. One award carrying $4.5 million in potential value reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. The vendor's three single-award IDIQ vehicles dominate its delivery pipeline and collectively establish the vendor as NOAA Fisheries' core observer program support contractor across the three major U.S. regional fisheries science centers. The 96% prime-to-sub ratio and near-total dependence on NOAA create a highly specialized, operator-focused profile with deep institutional integration into NOAA's fisheries compliance and data-collection infrastructure.

AIS provides globally recognized ecosystem based environmental management services. Our mission is rooted in sustainability of the world's oceans, coastal communities and global fisheries.

AIS offers a suite of services including offshore survey support and data collection, environmental monitoring and mitigation, electronic monitoring, and ecosystem research. Our multi- disciplinary team provides experts, in genomics, marine biology, environmental science, bycatch, assessment, hydrographics, sustainability, Seabirds, Gear, Shark, Pelagic, Migratory, Coastal, Finfish, Discard, Shrimp, Climate Avian surveys, Stakeholder Outreach, MMPA, ESA, NEPA regulatory support, environmental science, Marine Biology, Ecological Modeling as well as Sampling and Husbandry. By delivering high quality unbiased data, observations, scientific research, and technical services, we support Federal Agencies in achieving their mission critical objectives, and assist them to make informed decisions.