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BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS) INC.

BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS) INC. received $5,254 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $218.1K. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($5,254). It also received $8.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$5,254
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.6KFY2017
  2. 5.6KFY2018
  3. 39.1KFY2019
  4. 39.2KFY2020
  5. 40.4KFY2021
  6. 41.5KFY2022
  7. 18.9KFY2023
  8. 17.4KFY2024
  9. 5.1KFY2025
  10. 5.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$5,254100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$5,254100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$5,254100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $5,254
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $5,254
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. GSN STATION BBSR SUPPORT$20.1K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Equipment maintenance· Mar 29, 2023 – Jun 29, 2026· 140G0223P0103

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS) INC. received $8.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (1 new awards), −19% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.050 · Geosciences ($7.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$8.4M
New awards
1
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$52.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 10.7MFY2021
  2. 8.5MFY2022
  3. 11.1MFY2023
  4. 3.4MFY2024
  5. 10.3MFY2025
  6. 8.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$8.4M100%

Top programs

  1. 47.050 · Geosciences$7.5M89%
  2. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$913.5K11%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$7.5M89%
  2. Department of the Navy$913.5K11%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER SHIP OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. ACADEMIC RESEARCH FLEET (ARF) VESSELS -THIS PROPOSAL SUPPORTS…$12.5M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Dec 19, 2024 – Jul 27, 2026· 2416329
  2. BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES SHIP OPERATIONS R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER: SHIP OPERATIONS CY2022 SHIP-TIME AND OCEANOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL…$3M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Oct 27, 2022 – Apr 8, 2026· N000142312032
  3. 2024 OCEANOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERVICES R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER -THE BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES (BIOS),INC., PROPOSES TO SUPPORT…$1.7M
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Cooperative agreement· Mar 10, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026· 2421261
  4. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IN SITU INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF EDDY IMPACTS ON COASTAL CARBON CHEMISTRY AND CORAL CALCIFICATION$720.8K
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 19, 2021 – Jun 12, 2026· 2123697
  5. BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES / R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER - OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION 2024 -THE R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER IS A 168?…$176.2K
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jun 17, 2024 – Jul 23, 2026· 2416365
  6. EQUIPMENT: BIOS/ASU RV ATLANTIC EXPLORER OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION 2025 -THE BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE (BIOS) REQUESTS FUNDS…$136.7K
    47.050 · Geosciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jul 31, 2025 – Aug 6, 2026· 2521708

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $191.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $927.8K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $555.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $56.3K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $2.8M reported

  1. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION$1.6M
    WOODS HOLE, MA · 6 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$954.9K
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 3 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$248.3K
    OAKLAND, CA · 3 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.