# 2024-2025 LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (LMR) PROGRAM GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n3943025c0008

- Solicitation number: N39430-25-C-0008
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research for $643,978.00
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: NAVFAC Systems and Exp Warfare CTR (N39430)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AH52 Natural Resources And Environment R&D Services; Other Natural Resources; Applied Research
- County: Kitsap County (FIPS 53035). https://abierto.us/counties/kitsap-county-wa-53035
- City: Seabeck. https://abierto.us/cities/seabeck-wa-5362120
- First posted: September 5, 2025
- Last posted: September 5, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c2ad83105a0949859ee6a1e6deb4ff96/view

## Description

The goal of this study is to leverage past and ongoing SMRT tag deployments toward a more comprehensive understanding of cetacean responses to CAS and other sound sources. Contractor will use the description of an SQS-53 CAS signal provided by the Navy, and work with the LMRAC and NUWC/M3R to verify if similar waveforms recorded are CAS or other high duty cycle sound sources.

Waveforms will be grouped into PAS, CAS, and unknown signal types in analyses unless further classification of unknown signals becomes possible in the future. While this project may ultimately include some field work to facilitate targeted data collection when needed, the focus will be on analysis, including support for additional data processing, model development, and capacity building. It will also support the dissemination of results through peer-reviewed publications and presentations of findings.

Primary analyses will evaluate the following hypotheses related to CAS: Exposure to CAS will result in identifiable changes in diving and vocal behavior of individual tagged whales. Responses to CAS will differ from responses to PAS in similar exposure contexts (e.g., maximum received level, cumulative sound exposure level, waveform duration, distance to source).

Secondary analyses may be identified in the course of this work, and this project will contribute to stronger baseline behavioral estimates for study populations and species of interest going forward. The results will be applicable to all Ziphius study populations going forward and provide data to the acoustic thresholds which drive takes.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (UEI XRFHKXJFN7T8)
- Contract: N3943025C0008, definitive contract
- Obligated: $243,672.00, current value $643,978
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received
- Link: award number N3943025C0008 equals the contract number; same awarding office N39430 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N3943025C0008_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- September 5, 2025: Award notice. Notice 24d3276f2bee48a190bb3ec1df8d0636. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/24d3276f2bee48a190bb3ec1df8d0636/view
- September 5, 2025: Award notice. Notice 8da8ae3a02e7435eaed273fe2c4932ea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8da8ae3a02e7435eaed273fe2c4932ea/view
- September 5, 2025: Award notice. Notice c2ad83105a0949859ee6a1e6deb4ff96. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c2ad83105a0949859ee6a1e6deb4ff96/view

## Points of contact

- Nicole M. Mendes, nicole.m.mendes2.civ@us.navy.mil, 8058955260
- Kitty Candelaria, kitty.l.candelaria.civ@us.navy.mil, 5642266192

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