$331,202,023

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.

transportationactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT

WORK BEGAN2023-06-23·LATEST ACTION2026-04-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305M223CNMAN0006_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-

Award description

DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CLASS B VESSELS - NOAA

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high

In plain English

Design and construction of Class B research vessels for NOAA's oceanographic and environmental monitoring fleet.

Sub-sectors

maritime-infrastructurevessel-constructionnoaa-fleet

Why this matters

NOAA vessels support climate research, fisheries management, and ocean observation critical to U.S. maritime science and coastal resilience.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing shipbuilding contract sustains domestic marine construction capacity and specialized vessel-building supply chains through 2029.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in domestic oceanographic vessel capability counters reliance on foreign maritime infrastructure and supports independent ocean research capacity.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002865.

Period of performance

Start

2023-06-23

End

2029-05-21

Status

activein 1056 days

Recipient

THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.

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Sources

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Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_1305M223CNMAN0006_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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