Ocean Associates Inc.
Arlington, VA Doing business as OAI Consulting Main Office
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- D56MGN45L3Y3
- CAGE
- 3K8W1
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 112511 Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries
- 112512 Shellfish Farming
- 112519 Other Aquaculture
- 335312 Motor and Generator Manufacturing
- 483212 Inland Water Passenger Transportation
- 517410 Satellite Telecommunications
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- 541330 Engineering Services
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- 541360 Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
- 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services
- 541614 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
- 541618 Other Management Consulting Services
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 541820 Public Relations Agencies
- 541910 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
- 541940 Veterinary Services
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 561110 Office Administrative Services
- 561210 Facilities Support Services
- 561320 Temporary Help Services
- 561330 Professional Employer Organizations
- 561499 All Other Business Support Services
- 561990 All Other Support Services
- 562910 Remediation Services
- 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
- 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools
- 611699 All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
- 611710 Educational Support Services
- 712130 Zoos and Botanical Gardens
- 813312 Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 4007 N Abingdon St, Arlington, VA 22207, USA
- Website
- oceanassoc.com
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Consulting
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | -$412,520 |
| FY2026 | $24,253,732 |
| FY2025 | $23,140,236 |
| FY2024 | $20,315,739 |
| FY2023 | $15,420,688 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $23,841,212 |
Contract vehicles
- Information Technology Schedule 70
- Multiple Award Schedule
- NOAA Mission IT Services
- Protech 2.0 - Weather Domain
- ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain
- ProTech 2.0 Oceans Domain
- The Professional Services Schedule
Expired vehicles (1)
Contract awards
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About the company
Ocean Associates Inc. Main Office Division, doing business as OAI Consulting, is a women-owned small business headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that provides marine science, fisheries research, and environmental technical services to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business and woman-owned small business set-asides. The vendor holds no subcontractor relationships and operates a fully captive delivery model, performing all reported work in-house across roughly 95 FTEs in FY2024 (SCI-reported) and projecting continued growth into FY2025.
OAI's federal footprint is almost entirely concentrated within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which accounts for 98% of the vendor's $30.45 billion combined potential value across 1,251 awards. The top five funding agencies account for 100% of the vendor's award value, with NOAA dominance leaving minimal exposure to other customers—the Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service holds only three awards valued at $1.5 million combined, and GSA Federal Acquisition Service two awards at $3.6 million. This concentration reflects OAI's strategic market position as a specialized provider to NOAA's fisheries, oceans, and weather mission domains.
OAI's concrete capability portfolio centers on marine science research support, population and ecosystem monitoring, endangered species act consultation and compliance, fisheries management analysis, habitat restoration support, marine mammal and sea turtle survey and monitoring, advanced coastal modeling, geospatial data management, and scientific technical editing. Recent representative prime awards include a $8.9 million delivery order for NOAA's Office of Protected Resources Endangered Species Act contractor staff support (September 2026, through September 2028), a $7.8 million time-and-materials order for Gulf and Caribbean reef fish population and ecosystem research at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (September 2026, through September 2031), a $6.2 million fish ecology quantitative analysis support contract for the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (September 2026, through September 2031), and a $7.8 million advanced coastal modeling development order supporting the National Ocean Service under the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act (September 2023, through March 2028). Work spans multiple geographic performance locations including Arlington, Virginia; Seattle, Washington; La Jolla and Honolulu, California; Panama City and Key Biscayne, Florida; Woods Hole and Falmouth, Massachusetts; and Silver Spring, Maryland.
OAI holds four parent indefinite delivery vehicles with NOAA, each carrying an $8 billion ceiling through 2029–2031: the ProTech 2.0 Fisheries Domain IDIQ (awarded March 2024, through September 2029); the ProTech 2.0 Oceans Domain IDIQ (awarded April 2024, through April 2029); the ProTech 2.0 Weather Domain IDIQ (awarded September 2025, through January 2031); and the NOAA ProTech Services Solution (PROTECH) IDIQ (awarded March 2024, through September 2029). Additional vehicles include a $17 million National Ocean Service Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Blanket Purchase Agreement under GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded May 2023, through May 2026) and a $9.667 million Fish Ecology Division Scientific Support Services BPA under GSA Multiple Award Schedule (awarded September 2024, through August 2028). Task order volume against these vehicles is substantial: the Fisheries Domain and PROTECH IDIQs together account for the majority of OAI's active delivery orders, with between 50 and 150 active orders under each vehicle at any given time.
Activity has remained relatively flat across the last five years—eight awards in 2022, fourteen in 2023, seventeen in 2024, twelve in 2025, and twelve in 2026—but the dollar trajectory shows growth driven by larger individual order values rather than order volume increase. Awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months total nineteen orders with combined potential value of $54.2 million, representing modest recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoiced revenue grew from $4 million in FY2022 (29 FTEs) to $14 million in FY2024 (95.5 FTEs), with FY2025 reaching $17.6 million, indicating accelerating federal services delivery. Government-paid median hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts average $65.44/hr, with the 10th percentile at $50.06/hr and the 90th percentile at $127.26/hr, reflecting a workforce skewed toward scientist, technician, and mid-level technical specialist labor.
OAI maintains no material subcontracting activity; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for 1% of reported contractor hours, and the vendor reports only two named subcontractors in the source data. The firm's GSA Schedule labor portfolio spans 110 active categories from clerical-administrative roles at $43.31/hr through executive consultant positions at $305.65/hr, with education requirements ranging from high school through doctorate and no security-cleared positions offered. OAI's competitive set-aside posture is exclusively within total small business and woman-owned small business designations across its prime award footprint; no full-and-open competition appears in the recent award history.
SBA capabilities narrative
Provide full spectrum support for administrative, scientific, and program offices, laboratories and other facilities. Provide fast-paced teams to do analyses, plans, evaluations, and reports on diverse subjects with particular expertise on science and regulation of commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture, protected resources, habitats, oceans, and climate change impacts.
Quick answers
Is Ocean Associates Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Ocean Associates Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 22, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Ocean Associates Inc. hold?
Ocean Associates Inc. holds a place on 8 federal contract vehicles, including IT-70, MAS and NMITS.
How much has Ocean Associates Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $23,140,236 to Ocean Associates Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $82,717,874 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Ocean Associates Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Ocean Associates Inc. ranked #11 in PSC R427, #16 in PSC F020 and #36 at the Department of Commerce in FY2025.
What is Ocean Associates Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Ocean Associates Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Edna quantitative metabarcoding services for the national marine fisheries service (nmfs) southwest fisheries science… (1305M326F0262), from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on September 30, 2026.
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