West Coast Region Vessel Charter for Abalone Surveys
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 143040-25-0074 in this department, oldest first.
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
RFQ Amendment (3 Sep 25) incorporates answers to Requests for Information/Inquiries. See attached RFI Tracker dated 3 Sep 25. In accordance with Attachment 2 - Statement of Need, NOAA�s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) West coast Regional Office (WCR) is seeking to collaborate with a particular entity that will provide a vessel to support underwater abalone surveys and research conducted by SCUBA divers at San Clemente Island, Cortes Bank, and Tanner Bank. The vessel must be able to safely and efficiently provide transportation to these three destinations, accommodations for at least 1… (show all)
0 SCUBA divers and 5 rebreather divers for three, 5-day trips (one to each location), and air and nitrox for filling SCUBA tanks. NMFS shall conduct three 5-day trips to gather information on abalone abundance, distribution, habitat suitability, and disease susceptibility.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same NAICS 483114.
Single-winner award sizes (7): middle half $491K to $1.0M, median $620K; range $158K to $1.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALASKAN LEADER FISHERIES LLC | 1 | $1.9M | May 9, 2025 |
| GREENWATER MARINE SCIENCES OFFSHORE INC. | 1 | $1.1M | Aug 11, 2026 |
| UNITED STATES SEAFOODS, LLC | 1 | $1.0M | Jul 21, 2025 |
| SAINTS & ANGELS SCALLOPING COMPANY | 1 | $620K | Jul 31, 2026 |
| MS. JULIE, INC. | 1 | $496K | Apr 30, 2026 |
| CHANTAL C, INC. | 1 | $486K | Apr 30, 2026 |
| SHIPS SERVICES INC | 1 | $158K | Jun 1, 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 11, 2026GREENWATER MARINE SCIENCES OFFSHORE INC.$1.1M19--Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) VesselNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 31, 2026SAINTS & ANGELS SCALLOPING COMPANY$620K19--NEFCS Acoustic Recorder Vessel CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 1, 2026SHIPS SERVICES INC$158K19--GFISHER Charter VesselNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 30, 2026MS. JULIE, INC.$496K19--West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl SurveyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 30, 2026CHANTAL C, INC.$486K19--West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl SurveyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 21, 2025UNITED STATES SEAFOODS, LLC$1.0M19--BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY - GOA and AINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 9, 2025ALASKAN LEADER FISHERIES LLC$1.9M19--Alaska Fisheries Science Center Longline CharterNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 7 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (10 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.