Federal contractor · SEABECK, WA

FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH

FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH received $218.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−64% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($218.3K). It also received $1.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$218.3K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
5.2%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 240.2KFY2017
  2. 794KFY2018
  3. 485.9KFY2019
  4. 749.8KFY2020
  5. 633.8KFY2021
  6. 509.3KFY2022
  7. 463.6KFY2023
  8. 876KFY2024
  9. 609.6KFY2025
  10. 218.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$218.3K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$218.3K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kitsap County, WA$206.8K95%
  2. Ventura County, CA$11.5K5.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition5.2%
    US 39% · $11.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions5.2%
    US 8.7% · $11.5K
  • 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. BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS$320.1K
    Department of the Navy· Kitsap County, WA· Research & development· Mar 28, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026· N3943024C2008
  2. CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVE SONAR - RESPONSES VIA ECOLOGICALLY BASED DOCUMENTATION OF PERTURBATION (CAS-REP)$243.7K
    Department of the Navy· Kitsap County, WA· Research & development· Aug 25, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· N3943025C0008
  3. NAVY RECEIVED LEVEL PROPAGATION MODELING ALIGNMENT WORKING GROUP PARTICIPATION OFFEROR: FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH$11.5K
    Department of the Navy· Ventura County, CA· Research & development· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· N3943026P5004

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.

FOUNDATION FOR MARINE ECOLOGY AND TELEMETRY RESEARCH received $1.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 7 actions (0 new awards), +36% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($1.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.1M
New awards
0
Actions
7
Since FY2021
$6.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1MFY2021
  2. 587.4KFY2022
  3. 772.4KFY2023
  4. 1.9MFY2024
  5. 794.4KFY2025
  6. 1.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$1.1M100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Navy$1.1M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALES AT GUADALUPE ISLAND, MEXICO: A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND BEHAVIOR IN AN UNDISTURBED AREA$1.2M
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jun 28, 2024 – Apr 6, 2026· N000142412552
  2. DEVELOPING NEW GENERATION CONSOLIDATED SATELLITE TAGS FOR CETACEANS$730.2K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jul 17, 2024 – Mar 9, 2026· N000142412494
  3. TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO CUVIERS BEAKED WHALE POPULATION CONSEQUENCES OF DISTURBANCE$243.5K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jul 12, 2024 – Apr 7, 2026· N000142412526
  4. POPULATION STRUCTURE AND HEALTH OF FIN WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT$208.5K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Sep 15, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· N000142512438

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

  • Sub-grants: $60.9K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$60.9K100%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $47.1K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$47.1K100%
    CORVALLIS, OR · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $175.9K received
  • FY2022: $254.7K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $114.5K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $387.7K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $60.9K paid out · $47.1K 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

8 companies · $817.7K reported

  1. OCEANIDES CONSERVACION Y DESARROLLO MARINO AC$362K
    COLONIA PEDREGAL PLAYITAS, MUNICIPIO ENSENADA, MX · 5 subawards
  2. WILDLIFE COMPUTERS, INC.$147.3K
    REDMOND, WA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$77.1K
    LA JOLLA, CA · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $223K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$175.9K
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  2. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$47.1K
    CORVALLIS, OR · 2 subawards

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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.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MICRO NANO TECHNOLOGIES LLC$1.7M−36% in FY2026
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. THAYERMAHAN, INC$1.7M
    GROTON, CT · 2 entities · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGIES INC$1.7M−100% in FY2026
    WESLEY CHAPEL, FL · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.