NOAA Signs Multi-year Hydrographic Survey Contract with Fugro

Fugro is one of eight firms recently awarded a five-year hydrographic survey contract by the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Task orders under this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract will support development of updated navigational charts in US waters, including Alaska, Hawaii, the Territories and the Great Lakes. With a maximum value of USD250 million the contracts call for both vessel- and aircraft-based hydrographic survey capabilities.

Fugro has been providing hydrographic survey services to NOAA since 1998. Among other task orders, working under the prior IDIQ contract, the company surveyed approximately 3,000 square kilometres around the Krenitzin Islands in Alaska to update nautical charts containing data from the early 1900s. This set of task orders was considered highly challenging due to the remote location and complex tidal regime, which involves currents of up to 10 knots.
  

Image: Bathymetry chart of Krenitzin Island.