Edgeone LLC

Edgeone LLC, operating its Edgetech Division from West Wareham, Massachusetts, manufactures underwater acoustic technology and oceanographic equipment as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) serving federal civilian agencies. Edgetech is a small business limited liability corporation specializing in acoustic release transponders, side scan sonar systems, sub-bottom profilers, bathymetry equipment, and buoyless/ropeless fishing systems for marine research, environmental monitoring, and naval defense applications. The vendor competes across both total small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements, with recent mixed posture — the largest vehicle, a $1,078,981 single-award NOAA indefinite delivery contract established July 2023 for acoustic release transponders and deck sets, carried a total small business set-aside, while individual task orders against it and competitive purchase orders frequently carry no set-aside designation.

Edgetech's customer concentration is extreme and customer-driven. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dominates the footprint — 115 awards (74% coverage) with $19.2 million combined potential value across a two-decade award history dating to 2004. The next four customers (Naval Sea Systems Command with 38 awards and $2.6 million; U.S. Geological Survey with 19 awards and $1 million; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with 3 awards and $875 thousand; and Office of Naval Research with 20 awards and $680 thousand) account for most of the remaining 11% of dollars. NOAA work spans acoustic release equipment for moorings, buoy systems, and whale-entanglement-mitigation programs; recent prime examples include a $2.064 million definitive contract awarded August 2024 for buoyless/ropeless systems (deck controllers and underwater acoustic releases to reduce whale entanglement), a $626,850 contract awarded January 2023 for acoustic releases supporting the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy system with completion through March 2024, and a $3.702 million partial small business set-aside definitive contract awarded July 2022 for buoyless/ropeless fishing systems with completion extended to June 2024. Navy work includes side scan sonar systems, sonar transducers, and pressure vessels; representative procurements include a $321,820 purchase order from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (September 2023) for a side scan sonar system, a $220,000 Naval Sea Systems Command order (May 2023) for a sonar transducer array, and multiple $117,350 to $189,700 orders for side scan sonar systems and pressure vessels from Naval Sea Systems Command between June 2024 and April 2024.

The NOAA single-award IDC (contract 1305M318DNRMA0001) has generated 7 task orders worth $915 thousand in combined potential value and represents the primary vehicle for recurring oceanographic equipment orders. Two other NOAA indefinite delivery contracts (DOCAB133R13CQ0017 and 1305M323DNRMA0022) have produced 6 and 3 task orders respectively, carrying $503 thousand and $368 thousand combined potential value. Outside these vehicles, awards are predominantly direct purchase orders and definitive contracts for specific equipment needs. Recent activity has declined notably — 16 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 17 in 2024, but only 6 in 2025 and 3 year-to-date through mid-2026 — signaling either seasonal bunching or a recompete exposure window as major NOAA contracts near completion.

Edgetech holds a modest subcontract footprint as a supplier of underwater acoustic components and release systems to larger primes. Recent sub-award activity includes work as a component supplier to Science Applications International Corporation on NOAA's Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) System recapitalization project (November 2024, buoy program material), to Teledyne Brown Engineering on production of FMS (Fast Maneuvering Submersible) boats U1, U2, and U3 (August and September 2024, engineering services and materials), to Applied Physical Sciences Corp on a DARPA STO Willow research project (March 2025, underwater equipment), and to Saab Inc. on underwater remotely operated vehicle outfitting (June 2024, side scan sonar and bathymetry at 540 and 1600 kHz). Sub-award volume is minimal relative to the prime footprint — only 8 sub-awards across 268 total awards — and serves as a secondary revenue stream rather than a primary business model.

The vendor's primary NAICS classification is 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), reflecting 184 awards. PSC coding concentrates in Underwater Sound Equipment (48 awards), Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (46 awards), and Navigational Instruments (16 awards), all aligned with NOAA's mooring and buoy fleet requirements. The combined potential value of $28.6 million with 77% obligated ($22.1 million) and a customer concentration of 85% of dollars flowing from three agencies (NOAA, Naval Sea Systems Command, and USGS) creates a revenue-and-recompete profile heavily dependent on NOAA's sustained demand for acoustic release systems and oceanographic monitoring equipment.