Hawaii Class II Research Vessel
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M226Q0229 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 17, 2026Combined Synopsis/SolicitationOpen
- Sep 4, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries requires one new and unused NOAA Class II research vessel for operations supporting Papah?naumoku?kea National Marine Sanctuary. The vessel will be based in Oahu, HI, and will carry science and dive parties of up to nine people total. The vessel will conduct the following missions: Dive Training and Proficiency, Emergency Response, Acoustic Studies, Whale Entanglement Response, Vessel Inspections, Partner Missions, Baseline Data Collections, and Specimen Collections. All questions shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Spe… (show all)
cialist no later than Tuesday, September 15th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Please refer to the attached solicitation and statement of work for additional details. Amendment 0001 extends the solicitation closing date to Friday, September 25th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time; extends the deadline for questions to Tuesday, September 15th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time; and adds Attachment B, "Vendor Questions and Responses" to the list of attachments.
Who won similar work
30 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same NAICS 336611.
Single-winner award sizes (30): middle half $38K to $4.9M, median $100K; range $11K to $99.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAG ALASKA INC. | 3 | $106.5M | Sep 11, 2025 |
| DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC | 3 | $19.0M | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Colonna's Ship Yard, Incorporated | 2 | $8.2M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LLC | 2 | $118K | Aug 11, 2025 |
| BLUEPOINT ENGINEERING LLC | 2 | $118K | Jan 20, 2026 |
| SHAKA ENGINEERING INC | 2 | $78K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC | 1 | $99.6M | Jun 10, 2026 |
| GULF MARINE REPAIR CORP | 1 | $5.0M | Sep 9, 2026 |
| BOLLINGER MISSISSIPPI REPAIR, LLC | 1 | $4.6M | Jun 2, 2026 |
| LAKE UNION DRYDOCK COMPANY | 1 | $4.3M | Sep 9, 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.
- Sep 23, 2026SHAKA ENGINEERING INC$50KJ--This requisition is to provide install Bridge DeckNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 22, 2026SHAKA ENGINEERING INC$28KJ--This requisition is to provide NOAA Ship Oscar EltNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 21, 2026ENERGY BY NATIVE AMERICAN DESIGN CORP$53KJ--Spare Circuit Breaker Rebuild and RepairNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 11, 2026DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC$6.2MJ--MO FY27 Gordon Gunter DrydockNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 9, 2026LAKE UNION DRYDOCK COMPANY$4.3M19--Drydock Repairs to NOAA Ship FairweatherNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 9, 2026Steiner Construction Company$98KJ--R/V Caretta Shipyard RepairsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 9, 2026GULF MARINE REPAIR CORP$5.0MDrydock Repairs NOAA Ship Oregon IINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026Colonna's Ship Yard, Incorporated$4.5MJ--MO FY27 Thomas Jefferson DrydockNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 24, 2026CUMMINS INC$103K28--NOAA Ship Nancy Foster SSDG Fuel Injectors and TurMateriality: <0.01% of $CMI revenue (Low) SEC
- Jun 10, 2026JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC$99.6M19--Henry Bigelow FSV Midlife Extension ProgramNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 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 Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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
- 304 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.