Tenacious Marine

Tenacious Marine, a sole proprietorship based in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, operates exclusively as a prime contractor delivering chartered vessel services and specialized marine research support to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with no federal subcontract activity and no set-aside designations across its award footprint.

Tenacious Marine's customer concentration is absolute: all eight awards over the past thirteen years have come from NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center, representing the full $3.3 million combined potential value in the vendor's federal portfolio. The vendor has maintained a continuous relationship with NOAA since 2013, cycling through multiple contract periods for Gulf of Maine bottom longline survey operations. Recent work includes a purchase order awarded December 1, 2026, for Gulf of Maine bottom longline survey services with a ceiling of $1.44 million running through November 30, 2031, performed in Gloucester, Massachusetts; a definitive contract awarded December 1, 2022, for chartered vessel services supporting the Cooperative Gulf of Maine Longline Survey with a ceiling of $827,674.85; and a $3,000 purchase order from September 16, 2022, for vessel use and evaluation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system efficacy and durability. All three awards are firm fixed price with no set-aside applied. The work falls under NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Fisheries Resources Management.

Activity across the entire award history has been sparse: one award in 2016, one in 2018, one in 2020, two in 2022, and one in 2026. One award carrying $828 thousand in combined potential value reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, triggering a recompete window. Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts (a partial view excluding goods and classified work), Tenacious Marine invoiced $398 thousand across fiscal years 2023–2025, with FY2023 at $84 thousand, FY2024 at $151 thousand, and FY2025 at $163 thousand. The SCI dataset shows roughly 0.2–0.3 FTEs delivered to NOAA in each fiscal year, with government-paid median hourly rates around $229.68/hr. The vendor executes all work with its own staff; no subcontractor hours appear in SCI records. Tenacious Marine operates as a small business contractor with deep specialization in longline survey studies and RFID-enabled marine research methodologies, with performance concentrated in the Northeast region.