AML Oceanographic LTD

AML Oceanographic LTD, a foreign-owned Canadian manufacturer of hydrographic and oceanographic equipment based in Saanichton, British Columbia, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) on direct federal purchases and task orders for marine sensing equipment, calibration services, repair and overhaul of specialized oceanographic systems, and tow-cable assemblies. The vendor competes full-and-open; no set-asides apply across its federal footprint. AML Oceanographic manufactures Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) systems, Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors, Sea Surface Sound Velocimeter (SSSV) equipment, and electro-mechanical tow cables—products integral to the Navy's and NOAA's oceanographic research, environmental monitoring, and maritime data collection missions.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to two defense and civilian oceanographic agencies. The top two customers account for 81% of awards: the Department of the Navy Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (39 awards, $1.7 million combined potential value) and the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (36 awards, $1.7 million combined potential value). Both rankings track closely on dollars and volume, reflecting AML Oceanographic's dual role as original equipment manufacturer and authorized service provider for MVP, SSSV, and CTD systems across both Navy and NOAA fleets. Representative recent prime work includes a $456,190 firm-fixed-price purchase order from NOAA (August 2025) for an MVP unit to serve as fleet spare on fisheries research ships, a $342,514 firm-fixed-price purchase order from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (September 2024) for MVP and SSSV servicing, calibration, and repair support through September 2029 at the Naval Oceanographic John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, a $62,348 sole-source purchase order from NOAA (June 2023) for MVP-200 profiler drum-failure troubleshooting aboard the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, and a $362,349 firm-fixed-price purchase order from NOAA (September 2021) for an MVP-200 winch for the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

AML Oceanographic places task orders under multiple Navy indefinite delivery vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract N6230607D1029 (16 task orders, $172 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract N6230619D0005 (9 task orders, $146 thousand combined potential value), and Indefinite Delivery Contract N6230602D1046 (4 task orders, $60 thousand combined potential value). Award volume has remained flat to modest across the five-year window (three to four awards annually in 2022–2026), with only one award completing in the next twenty-four months ($26 thousand potential value), indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The vendor holds a single subcontract relationship as a sub to Oceanetics Inc. on a vessel repair task order for materials and delivery on the M/V Petrel (April 2025). NAICS concentration clusters on manufacturing and repair of measuring and controlling devices (58 awards), search and navigation instrument manufacturing (25 awards), and maintenance and repair of ship and marine equipment (7 awards). The vendor has maintained federal registration since 2001 and operates with authorized service capabilities for original equipment manufactured by AML Oceanographic, which insulates the vendor from full-and-open competition on certain sole-source and limited-source procurements where AML is the OEM or sole authorized repair provider.