Purchase of Bottom Trawls for Alaskan Surveys

Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M326Q0499 in this department, oldest first.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

• 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.

Who won similar work

14 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same NAICS 334511.

Single-winner award sizes (14): middle half $48K to $891K, median $78K; range $18K to $59.1M.

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 25, 2026MACKAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC$22K58--Procurement of Furuno Felcom GMDSS ReplacementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 22, 2026GRAVA HYDROGRAPHIC SOLUTIONS LLC$47K66--Procurement of spare MVP200 tow bodies for NOAANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 22, 2026US TECH DEVICES, INC$76K58--OMAO MOC ships require updated GMDSS suite to ensuNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 15, 2026UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRANT AND CONTRACT ACCOUNTING 12455 COLLECTIONS DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60693 USA$1.1M15--1305M326C0025 AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Aug 8, 2026PRECISION MACHINERY & TOOLING, LLC$80KJ--Leatherback Anchor Deployment Device DevelopmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Apr 27, 2026BIOMARK LLC$18K66--Preloaded PIT Tag Single-Use NeedlesMateriality: <0.01% of $MRK revenue (Low)Calculated as Award Amount divided by the company's trailing twelve-month revenue (SEC 10-Q). Here: $18K award ÷ $66.6B revenue, 12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (SEC 10-Q). SEC
• Apr 20, 2026KONGSBERG DISCOVERY US, LLC$45K58--NOAA OMAO Procurement of Teledyne Sound Velocity PNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Apr 10, 2026SEAFLOOR SYSTEMS, INC.$148K58--NOAA OMAO Procurement of Teledyne Sound Velocity PNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
• Feb 17, 2026L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$59.1M16--The NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations$LHX: no recent revenue figure in SEC filings (Materiality N/A)
• Sep 24, 2025BERINGIA MARINE INC$50KHydrus 300m Depth Autonomous Underwater VehicleNo 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.

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.

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.