Innovasea Marine Systems Canada Inc.

Innovasea Marine Systems Canada Inc., Innovasea Division, doing business as Vemco, manufactures acoustic telemetry receivers, transmitters, tags, and related aquatic monitoring equipment and sells them as a prime contractor to federal science agencies, predominantly the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey, on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations. The company is a Canadian for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Bedford, Nova Scotia, with operational performance at its Ottawa, Ontario facility; it is a subsidiary of Innovasea Systems Inc., the parent corporation. Across 254 recent awards (2022–2026), Innovasea has generated $21.1 million in combined potential value, with 76% obligated, and serves 23 distinct federal agencies as a 100% prime contractor, with only one sub-award recorded in the source footprint.

Customer concentration is acute and stable. NOAA accounts for 107 awards (42% of the award count) and $10.2 million in combined potential value (48% of dollars), anchored by a $5 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (1305M320DNFFP0064) under which Vemco has issued 51 task orders since August 2020. The U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants follows with 39 awards totaling $4.2 million, while the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (across regional offices) accounts for 41 awards (17 prime, 29 regional) totaling $3.0 million. The top five customers by award count cover 74% of awards; the top five by potential value cover 83% of combined dollars. Army Corps of Engineers and Naval Sea Systems Command represent the defense footprint, with 11 and 2 awards respectively, totaling roughly $931 thousand combined. Neither ranking shows material divergence—NOAA dominates both volume and dollars, reflecting its role as Vemco's primary platform for delivery-order task work.

Vemco operates almost exclusively through delivery orders on its NOAA IDIQ (51 task orders, $2.3 million combined value). Individual purchase orders and delivery orders with USGS, Fish and Wildlife Service, Army Corps, and other agencies are typically sole-source awards justified by Vemco's proprietary acoustic telemetry technology and equipment-compatibility requirements. Representative prime work includes a $608.5 million purchase order (May 2024) with Fish and Wildlife Service for Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) network equipment; a $480.1 million purchase order (March 2022) with USGS for underwater acoustic equipment; a $424.5 million purchase order (February 2024) with USGS for acoustic telemetry transmitters, receivers, and accessories; and a $339.7 million purchase order (February 2023) with USGS for acoustic telemetry transmitters. Recent 2026 awards include a $297.3 thousand purchase order from USGS for HR2-180kHz High Residency Receivers and tags (July 13, 2026) and a $204.5 thousand sole-source purchase order from Fish and Wildlife Service for acoustic transmitters (June 11, 2026), both reflecting the vendor's continued positioning as the single responsible source for proprietary equipment.

Award activity has declined from a peak of 38 awards in 2023 to 19 in 2025 and 9 through mid-2026, signaling either demand softening or a shift toward larger-value, lower-count task orders under standing IDIQs. The recompete cliff is modest: only two awards with combined potential value of $502 thousand face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. Contract type concentrates on purchase orders and delivery orders; no teaming relationships, subcontractors, or sub-awards appear in the recent footprint except for one March 2025 sub-award to HDR Environmental for U.S. Marine Species Monitoring Program management analysis and reporting. NAICS and PSC codes center on laboratory equipment (73 awards), underwater sound equipment (30 awards), and analytical instruments (19 awards), reflecting Vemco's positioning as a specialty scientific-equipment vendor rather than a systems integrator or service provider. The company competes on capability and sole-source justification rather than price and does not pursue set-aside vehicles.