Pacific Gyre
Oceanside, CA
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3740 Oceanic Way #302, Oceanside, CA 92056, USA
- Website
- pacificgyre.com
- Founded
- 1995
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Information Technology
- Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
- Semiconductors
- SIC code
- 36 Electronic & Other Electric Equipment
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 | $0 |
| FY2026 | $28,875 |
| FY2025 | $330,494 |
| FY2024 | $168,750 |
| FY2023 | $212,533 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $28,875 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Pacific Gyre Inc., a small-business manufacturer based in Oceanside, California, designs and manufactures oceanographic drifter buoys and related marine instrumentation for federal civilian and defense agencies as a prime contractor under full-and-open and small-business set-aside competitions.
Pacific Gyre operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, delivering specialized buoy systems to eight distinct federal customer agencies over the past five years. The company structures itself as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation without SBA certifications beyond small-business status; it competes in full-and-open procurements without reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, or other preferential set-aside categories, though the firm qualifies for and has received small-business set-asides when offered.
Customer concentration is extreme. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) accounts for 76% of awards by count (16 awards, $4.3 million combined potential value) and 92% of combined potential value when the dollar leadership of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command's single $300 thousand air-deployed buoy purchase order is included. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research each contribute three awards in the $66–$78 thousand range. NOAA's dominance reflects both the volume of smaller purchase orders and Pacific Gyre's position on a $500 thousand multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with NOAA running from March 2022 through March 2027, against which five task orders have been issued to date. Representative work includes a $168,750 delivery order for standard drifter data buoys supporting NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Global Drifting Program (July 2024), a $300,494 purchase order from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command for Surface Velocity Profile Drifter System Ice Ball buoys with 90-day delivery (September 2025), a $28,875 total small business set-aside delivery order from NOAA for 15 standard drifter buoys (September 2026), and $26,595 purchases from the Office of Naval Research for CARTHE GPS drifter 10-packs.
The company's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: oceanographic measurement platforms, drifter buoys (19 awards across top PSC categories), meteorological instruments, and GPS-enabled buoy systems. NAICS coding concentrates in Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (16 awards) and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (10 awards). Activity has declined sharply — four awards in 2022, one award in 2024, two in 2025, one in 2026 — signaling either market contraction, funding cycles in larger NOAA programs, or competitive displacement. Only one award with combined potential value of $29 thousand faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure but also limited near-term refresh opportunity.
SBA capabilities narrative
Pacific Gyre designs and manufactures oceanographic research equipment for remote, environmental data collection. The company specializes in drifting buoys that are designed to follow water currents, and also produces autonomous surface vehicles.
Quick answers
Is Pacific Gyre registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Pacific Gyre's SAM.gov registration is active through September 16, 2027.
What is Pacific Gyre's CAGE code?
Pacific Gyre's CAGE code is 1R3S2, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is CTCMNEZDRL74.
How much has Pacific Gyre received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $330,494 to Pacific Gyre in fiscal year 2025 and $740,652 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Pacific Gyre rank among federal contractors?
Pacific Gyre ranked #8 in PSC 2050 and #99 in NAICS 334513 in FY2025.
What is Pacific Gyre's most recent federal award?
Pacific Gyre's most recent federal contract award is Purchase of 15 standard drifter buoys for aoml (1305M326F0270), from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on September 17, 2026.
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