Fishing Vessel Mary Elizabeth

Fishing Vessel Mary Elizabeth, a sole proprietorship based in Scituate, Massachusetts, operates as a prime contractor providing chartered vessel services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fishery research and management support. The vendor competes full-and-open with no set-aside designation across all eleven recent awards, all funded by NOAA.

The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in a single customer and a single capability. All eleven awards over the past fifteen years come from NOAA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, representing $4.5 million in combined potential value. The three most recent and largest awards exemplify the work: a $1.876 million purchase order awarded December 1, 2026, for Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey charter services through November 30, 2031, a $1.001 million definitive contract awarded December 1, 2022, for Cooperative Gulf of Maine Longline Survey vessel operations through November 2026, and a $3,000 purchase order from September 2022 to evaluate radio frequency identification system efficacy and durability aboard the vessel. All work is performance-based in the Northeast Fisheries Science Center region, with Gloucester, Massachusetts listed as the primary operating port. The 2022 contract was originally solicited as a sole-source requirement under FAR Part 13 simplified acquisition procedures, though NOAA indicated openness to competitive procurement for future survey work.

Award activity is episodic rather than consistent. The vendor received one award in 2026, two in 2022, one in 2020, two in 2018, and one in 2016, with no awards recorded in the intervening years. One award valued at $1 million reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete opportunity in that window. The vendor operates as a pure prime — 100% of awards are prime contracts, with no subcontractor engagement or sub-award history.

Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2023 through FY2025 shows minimal federal invoicing — $438 thousand across the three-year period — with 0.2 to 0.3 FTEs delivered annually. This represents only contracts above the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold and excludes goods, vessel charter revenues below that threshold, and non-federal activity. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime work ran a narrow band, with median rates around $286.90 per hour and a range from $278.80 to $294.99 per hour.