Sole Source: Echoview Acoustic Data Processing Software Licenses
NOAA · NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 143041-26-0127 in this department, oldest first.
- Jul 23, 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
***The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division � Boulder (WAD), Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Echoview Software Pty Ltd located in Hobart, TAS, Australia for Echoview software maintenance and technical support for five (5) perpetual licenses. ***The sole source determination is based on NOAA�s requirement that Echoview Software Pty Ltd is the sole provider that manufactures and distributes Echoview acoustic data… (show all)
processing software. Echoview is the world-wide industry standard for working with and processing acoustic data collected during fisheries acoustics surveys and is cited in NWFSC and NOAA Fisheries national acoustic protocols as the only software tested and accepted for data analysis in integrated acoustic trawl surveys. The NWFSC/FRAM Acoustics Team (FEAT) has used Echoview since 2002 and requires continued maintenance to maintain comparability with historical datasets and international collaborators for producing Pacific hake biomass estimates. Market research determined that alternative software packages lack the required computational power or fail to meet agency needs, and personnel have made significant investments in specialized training and custom scripts compatible only with Echoview. Period of Performance: 8/01/2026 � 7/31/2027 (with two consecutive option years through 06/30/2029) ***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact (Nick Brown, Nicholas.g.brown@noaa.gov) within 5 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
Who won similar work
11 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NOAA), same NAICS 541519.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITEGRITY INC | 2 | $3.0M | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Propel Solutions LLC | 1 | $3.0M | Jul 16, 2026 |
| SENECA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | $1.3M | Dec 13, 2024 |
| ESSNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $492K | Dec 23, 2024 |
| DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $189K | Jun 20, 2025 |
| ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC. | 1 | $130K | Apr 21, 2026 |
| COLOSSAL CONTRACTING LLC | 1 | $81K | Feb 17, 2026 |
| ECHOVIEW SOFTWARE PTY LTD | 1 | $37K | Jun 22, 2026 |
| ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | $22K | Jul 30, 2026 |
| VOCAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD | 1 | $7K | Nov 29, 2024 |
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.
- Jul 30, 2026ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$22K7E--Requisition for REQUIREMENTS-26-1743 FMA VBrick st
- Jul 16, 2026Propel Solutions LLC$3.0MU--GARFO IT Services for Helpdesk and Software/Databa
- Jun 22, 2026ECHOVIEW SOFTWARE PTY LTD$37KD--Echoview Maintenance and Technical Support (MATS)
- Apr 21, 2026ADVANCED COMPUTER CONCEPTS, INC.$130K7A--Office for Law Enforcement (OLE) Magnet Bundle
- Feb 17, 2026COLOSSAL CONTRACTING LLC$81KD--Renewal of the hardware warranty for NetApp Storag
- Jun 20, 2025DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC$189KD--Oracle Software License Renewal
- Mar 31, 2025ITEGRITY INC$1.0MR--Performance Management System Support Services
- Mar 14, 2025ITEGRITY INC$2.0MD--Award Notice: Financial System Support Services
- Dec 23, 2024ESSNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.$492KD--PostgreSQL Database Support Services Follow-on
- Dec 13, 2024SENECA STRATEGIC PARTNERS, LLC$1.3MD--Akamai Content Network (CDN) Services Follow-on
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.
- 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.