19--USGS Intent to Award Notice: Blue Robotics ROV & USV
Interior (all) · OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DOIGFBO260033 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 10, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
USGS Intent to Award Notice: Blue Robotics ROV & USV The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (HI CFRU) intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Blue Robotics, Inc, located in Torrance, CA, for an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV), to be delivered to Hilo, HI within 60 days of award from the date the contractor receives the purchase order. While other companies may produce ROVs or USVs that approach the specifications required, they all use proprietar… (show all)
y software for their operating systems limiting the survey equipment that can be added aftermarket and thus the mission profiles that can be performed using a single platform. Blue Robotics, Inc. uses an open-source operating system that will allow for Unit scientists and students to add additional instruments, cameras, sonars, and other devices as required to meet the research needs of our cooperators and to program the ROV and USV to perform missions integrating those aftermarket additions. This flexibility is not possible with other ROVs or USVs that use proprietary software for their operating systems. Blue Robotics, Inc. is the only source of ROVs and USVs that use an open source and completely customizable operating system that meets the other specifications required. In accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 5.101(c)(4)(vi), all responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with RFO 12.102(a). Responses must be emailed to Contracting Officer, Leah Williams, at leah_williams@ios.doi.gov. Reference Solicitation# DOIGFBO260033 in the subject line. The NAICS code is 336612. The size standard is 1,000 employees. The anticipated award date is 08/24/2026. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov to be awarded the purchase order.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Interior (all)), same product/service code (PSC) 1990.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $26K to $72K, median $33K; range $19K to $111K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2ND GENERATION, INC | 1 | $111K | Jul 16, 2025 |
| USA GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING LLC | 1 | $33K | Jan 16, 2025 |
| SEAVIEW SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $19K | Aug 10, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Aug 10, 2026SEAVIEW SYSTEMS INC$19K19--UNMANNED VEHICLE & SONAR
- Jul 16, 20252ND GENERATION, INC$111K19--WY NP INSPECTION WATERCRAFT
- Jan 16, 2025USA GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING LLC$33K19--ADCP Floating Platform with Propulsion System IAW Salients FY24 REQ # 15422 SPECIAL ORDER # S24154
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Interior, Dept of (DOI) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Interior, Dept of (DOI) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 149 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.