A.i.s., Inc.

A.i.s., Inc., doing business as Atlantic Inspection Services, a Massachusetts-based small business Subchapter S corporation, operates as a prime contractor delivering fishery observer support services, marine resource monitoring, and electronic monitoring system project management to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and federal land-management agencies. The firm competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its core NOAA work and holds seats on multiple NOAA indefinite delivery contracts and GSA schedules as a prime (97% of recent awards).

NOAA dominates A.i.s.'s customer footprint and financial exposure. The Department of Commerce NOAA accounts for 162 of 246 total awards and $11.47 billion in combined potential value — 99.6% of the vendor's portfolio. Within NOAA, A.i.s. holds three single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts totaling $94.8 million: the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program ($24.9 million, awarded September 2025, extends through September 2030), the North Pacific Observer Program ($45 million, awarded September 2024, extends through September 2029), and the Southeast Fisheries Observer Programs and Platform Removal Observer Program ($24.9 million, awarded April 2026, extends through March 2031). The vendor also holds a seat on the ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain multiple-award vehicle with an $8 billion ceiling, from which it has drawn 66 task orders. Representative delivery-order work includes a $5.25 million time-and-materials task order for Southeast Fisheries Observer Program support (December 2024, extending through March 2026), a $4 million delivery order for Northeast Fisheries Observer Program support (September 2025, extending through September 2030), an $8.2 million delivery order for North Pacific Observer Program support (October 2024, extending through September 2029), and a $5 million time-and-materials delivery order for Oceans and Climate Branch support under the NOAA ProTech contract (September 2024, extending through September 2028). A.i.s. also places work on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, delivering observer participant assistance and a $161 thousand delivery order to the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 for Level III ecologist support on Alaska migratory bird management (January 2024, extending through May 2025). The vendor's capability footprint centers on recruiting, training, managing, and deploying scientific fishery observers on commercial vessels across multiple regional fisheries; collecting environmental, biological, and catch-composition data; supporting compliance with federal fisheries regulations; and developing and implementing electronic monitoring systems for real-time discard accounting and fleet monitoring.

A.i.s. operates as an integrated delivery prime on its core NOAA observer contracts; across SCI-reportable prime service contracts, the vendor deployed 92.7 FTEs in FY2024 after a 2023 peak of 127 FTEs, with government-paid hourly rates running a median of $51.84/hr and ranging from $46.06/hr at the tenth percentile to $73.78/hr at the 90th percentile. SCI-reported invoiced revenue declined from $16.1 million in FY2023 to $9.8 million in FY2024, reflecting the contract's cyclical observer deployment model tied to fishing seasons and vessel availability. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for roughly 6% of total contractor hours delivered, with four named subcontractors reported. A.i.s. also operates as a subcontractor to Industrial Economics Inc. on environmental and fisheries support work, including breeding bird injury studies and avian population density analysis (sub-awards dating from April 2023 through January 2026), and as a sub-recipient to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on grant projects developing artificial intelligence-driven electronic monitoring systems for the New England groundfish fishery (sub-awards October 2025 and July 2022). Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.4 million, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The firm's activity has grown notably in 2024 (ten awards) after several flat years, driven by new IDIQ wins and task-order volume under existing NOAA vehicles.

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.