Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), a U.S. state government interstate compact agency headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and representing California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, operates as a prime recipient of federal grant and contract awards for fisheries data collection, monitoring, observer support, and habitat restoration services across the Pacific Coast and Alaska regions. PSMFC is ineligible for small business set-asides due to its structure as a state government entity; it competes in full-and-open federal procurements and receives grants from civilian agencies without set-aside restrictions.

PSMFC's federal footprint is dominated by cooperative agreements and grants rather than competitively bid contracts. The organization delivers fisheries data management, observer support for commercial fishing fleets, electronic monitoring system deployment, stock assessment support, habitat restoration coordination, and aquatic invasive species prevention. Representative work includes a $24.2 million definitive contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for fishery observer support services on the West Coast (awarded September 2022, extending through September 2027, with FY2024 invoicing of $5.1 million across 52.5 FTEs); a $4.3 million time-and-materials contract from NOAA for vessel monitoring system data acquisition and fisher reimbursement (awarded August 2024, running through August 2029); a $9.3 million cooperative agreement with NOAA to build out an electronic monitoring pilot program for Pacific Islands longline fisheries (awarded October 2025, through September 2028); a $2.5 million definitive contract with NOAA for fishery-dependent data collection services for the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (awarded October 2022, through December 2027, with FY2024 labor at 3.0 FTEs and $225 thousand invoiced); and a $1.45 million grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act for coded wire tagging and mark-and-recapture monitoring of Central Valley Chinook salmon (awarded September 2025, through September 2030).

Customer concentration is extreme and singular: NOAA accounts for 414 of 559 prime awards (74% of award count) and $73.3 million of $96 million combined potential value (76% of dollars). The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service operates as the second-largest customer, with 130 awards combined across regional offices and headquarters, but at substantially smaller dollar scales ($2.7 to $3.3 million combined). The Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management place smaller task orders on PSMFC's standing IDIQs. This customer concentration reflects PSMFC's specialized mission: it serves as the regional data steward and operational intermediary for Pacific fisheries management on behalf of federal fishery agencies.

PSMFC holds positions on five named parent indefinite delivery vehicles, all with NOAA: Indefinite Delivery Contract DOCAB133F09CQ0012 (49 task orders, $6.5 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract DOCAB133F04CQ0011 (19 task orders, $6.5 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 50ABNF000048 (16 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract DOCAB133F05CQ1017 (6 task orders, $1.4 million), and Blanket Purchase Agreement 101813D035 (20 task orders, $195 thousand). These vehicles anchor PSMFC's recurring revenue and enable rapid task order issuance for operational needs.

Activity has been consistent in recent years—28 awards in 2022, 20 in 2023, 31 in 2024, and 24 in 2025—with 37 awards (combined potential value $29.5 million) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing PSMFC to recompete pressure on major observer support and fisheries data contracts. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue on federal service contracts grew from $4.7 million in FY2022 to $7.2 million in FY2024, with FTE workforce scaling from 13.8 to 20.0 across the same period. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts range from roughly $50/hr at the tenth percentile to $240/hr at the senior end, with a median around $73/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 14 percent of contractor hours, with seven named subcontractors identified; PSMFC primarily self-performs the core data collection and analysis work.

PSMFC operates as a subsidiary of the State of Oregon Office of the Governor. The organization's federal award portfolio spans 754 total awards (753 prime, 1 sub-award) since 1985, spanning 27 distinct federal agencies. Top NAICS categories are Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (128 awards), All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (79 awards), and Environmental Consulting Services (40 awards). The portfolio reflects PSMFC's role as a specialized regional fisheries data intermediary rather than a commercial service provider: nearly all work is performed under non-competitive cooperative agreements, grants, and task orders on standing NOAA vehicles, positioning the organization as a government instrumentality rather than a price-competitive vendor.