SOLICITATION NOTICE
52 -- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- AB133F-03-RP-0090
- Response Due
- 7/16/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/16/2003
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie Kyles, Contract Specialist, Phone (206)526-4425, Fax (206)526-6025,
- E-Mail Address
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stephanie.m.kyles@noaa.gov
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items as prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is AB133F-03-RP-0090. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 334112 and the corresponding size standard is 1,000 employees. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular No. 2001-14. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Fisheries Science Center would like to acquire an Autonomous Underwater Tow Vehicle. 1.0 SCHEDULE: Contract Line Item #0001- Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: Unit Price = $________. Contract Line Item #0002- Additional alkaline battery packs (allow missions exceeding 96 hours at 2.2 kts): Unit Price = $________. Contract Line Item #0003- Battery Charger (capable of charging a battery pack in less than 6 hours): Unit Price = $________. Contract Line Item #0004- Corrosion resistant equipment stand: Unit Price = $________. Contract Line Item #0005- Rugged shipping containers for components: Unit Price = $________. Contract Line Item #0006- Expendable Items spare kit: Unit Price = $________. 2.0 SPECIFICATIONS: The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, services, and facilities (except as otherwise specified, to perform the following Statement of Work/Specifications). to provide an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that includes fisheries-specific instrumentation including: 1) a single-frequency 38 kHz split-beam scientific echo sounder and transducer with 12 degree beam width or narrower; 2) a 300 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler; 3) a conductivity-temperature-depth sensor; and 4) and a stereo digital color camera system (still or video). The integrated AUV system must be turnkey and meet the following specifications; The AUV must be easily lifted by two people, deployable from a small-craft or from shore, and therefore must be small (less than 0.324 m in diameter and 2.5 m in length), and light (less than 100 kg in air). The AUV must be able to swim at speeds from 2 to over 10 knots and have a mission duration in excess of 20 hours swimming at 2.2 kts and 6 hours swimming at 5 kts while powered by lead-acid gel cell batteries. The AUV must be able to control speed to within 0.5% of the target speed, hold course to within 1 degree of the planned bearing, and hold depth to an accuracy of ? 2.5 cm. The AUV must be able to accurately execute missions in excess of 40 n.mi. Completely autonomously. The AUV must be powered by lead-acid batteries. The battery packs must be easily changeable for rapid redeployment of the AUV and must also be rechargeable while installed in the AUV and when removed from the AUV. A suitable battery charger is to be provided that can completely charge a battery pack in less than six hours. At least two recharchable battery packs must be provided with the AUV. Additionally, alkaline battery packs must be a provided option and allow missions exceeding 96 hours at 2.2 kts. The AUV must include fisheries instrumentation including a single-frequency 38 kHz split-beam scientific echo sounder (eg. Simrad EK60) and transducer with 12 degree or narrower beam width (e.g. Simrad ES38-12), a 300 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (eg. RDI Workhorse), a conductivity-temperature-depth sensor (e.g. Seabird SBE 37si MicroCat), and a stereo digital color still or video camera system (eg. twin Sony DSC U20). Alternative instrumentation with equivalent or superior specifications may be substituted with consent of the government. The AUV must be modular in design allowing simple assembly and disassembly and be comprised mainly or entirely of commercial off-the-shelf components. All of the source codes for the AUV's instrumentation control and navigation software, and detailed schematics of all electronic circuits must be provided to enable field troubleshooting. A troubleshooting guide is desirable. The modular hull sections must be lightweight and constructed of materials immune or highly resistant to corrosion. All pressure containers must be sealed with o-rings. The vehicle must accommodate a modular payload of up to 1 m in length, 0.324 m in diameter, and 25 kg weight, and associated vehicle lengthening, without appreciable reductions in the operational speed and duration. The aforementioned fisheries specific equipment can be included in this payload. The AUV must have a maximum operational depth of at least 150 m (preferably 300m). The AUV must be fully operational in water temperatures ranging from -1.6?C to 35?C and remain unharmed for storage and operational for testing in air temperatures ranging from -10?C to 45?C. The AUV must be tolerant of icing and thermal shock encountered when deploying in Polar Regions. A 10/100 Ethernet connection to the central processing computer must be externally available through an underwater connector. A graphical user interface (GUI) must be provided for planning of safe mission waypoints and to monitor the mission progress. The navigation planning and monitoring must be facilitated with electronic charting software that allows input and explicitly accounts for magnetic variation. The AUV must be capable of remotely accepting mission plans and updates from a computer located greater than 1 n.mi. away. The AUV must be capable of telemetering positional information and scientific data to the remote computer. The AUV operations must be independent of acoustic positioning systems. When the AUV is transiting underwater between waypoints, navigation is to be performed using dead-reckoning algorithms or preferably via an inertial navigation system. Dead reckoning is to be performed using algorithms that compensate for currents and account for intermittent GPS updates. While the AUV is at the surface, geographic position is to be measurable using WAAS-enabled or differential GPS. The AUV must be able to acquire GPS updates in sea states up to Beaufort 5. Acoustic Doppler estimates of velocities are to be used for estimating and compensating for vehicle set and drift by currents. Heading information must be provided by a flux-gate or gyro compass; depth is to be monitored by a pressure sensor; height over the seafloor is to be monitored by an acoustic altimeter; and propeller rotation rate is to be monitored using a Hall effect tachometer. The AUV package must include rugged shipping containers for all components. The AUV package must include a corrosion-resistant equipment stand that supports the AUV during setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities, and for secure storage on the deck of a ship. The AUV package must include an expendable items spares kit for field repairs (connectors, o-rings, wiring harnesses, replacement fins or shrouds if easily damaged during deployment and recovery operations, etc.), and include a complete parts list of all commercial off-the shelf and custom AUV components. A list of part numbers and pricing must be included for all custom AUV components. 3.0 PRE-AWARD AUV DEMONSTRATIONS: Demonstrations must be organized and conducted by the candidate Contractor, in coordination with the government representatives. For these demonstrations, only the costs associated with the government representatives' meals, incidental expenses, lodging, and the transportation will be incurred by the government. All other costs of the demonstrations are to be incurred by the candidate Contractor. 4.0 DELIVERY DATE: The AUV must be delivered no later than September 1, 2003. Post-award AUV on-site services shall include training on all AUV hardware and software systems, and successful sea trials to be conducted off the coast of San Diego, California circa September 2003. Acceptance tests will include two- and three-person deployments from both the shore and from a 19-foot skiff, respectively. System integrations and testing shall include the complete AUV system, including all of the requisite fisheries instrumentation (echo sounder, ADCP, CTD, and stereo camera). The operational performance and specification compliance of the candidate AUV must be fully demonstrated to NOAA Fisheries prior to acceptance of the AUV and associated payment in full. Proposals shall be prepared in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items, and the offer shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. FAR clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items and the following addenda: FAR clauses 52.214-34, 52.214-35, 52.219-4, 52.219-23, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34, CAR clauses 1352.201-70, 1352.201-71, 1352.215-71 and 1352.233-71. Agency level protest procedures can be found in full text at http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/CONOPS/#REFERENCE. Facsimile or email offers will not be accepted. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, Technical quality of the contractor's proposal is considered to be substantially more important than price. The following factors are listed in descending order of importance. 1.Technical Characteristics- AUV size, weight, deployment duration, and delivery schedule. 2. Navigational accuracy and precision, and ease of programming. 3. Contractors Past Performance History. 4. Integration of fisheries instrumentation (echo sounder, ADCP, CTD, and stereo camera). This is a best value requirement. Award will be made to the Offeror who conforms to the solicitation requirements and whose proposal is judged by an integrated assessment of price and the other evaluation factors listed above. The Government will use a best value trade off process to determine which offer is in the best interest of the Government. FAR 52.212-5, Contract terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items and the following addenda: 52.219-8, 52.222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.225-16, 52.233-3. Proposals are due to the Acquisition Management Division at the address noted above no later than 2:00 PM (local time) July 16, 2003. All offers received by the required due date will be considered by the Government. Full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.arnet.gov/far.
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