SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Inverted Echo Sounders
- Notice Date
- 4/5/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, MO, 64106
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- NRMAD000404156SLW
- Response Due
- 4/27/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sharon Walker, Contract Specialist, Phone 816) 426-7267x241, Fax 816) 426-7530,
- E-Mail Address
-
sharon.walker@noaa.gov
- Description
- The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is one of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA/AOML is a part of the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and has a requirement to purchase three (3) INVERTED ECHO SOUNDERS for a scientific research cruise to study the Deep Western Boundary current in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahama Islands. An Inverted Echo Sounder is an oceanographic instrument system that is moored to the bottom of the ocean and very accurately measures the time it takes for an acoustic pulse to travel from the ocean bottom to the surface and back to the bottom. The instrument is very similar to a ship?s depth sounder that measures the water depth beneath the ship by bouncing acoustic pulses off the ocean bottom, measuring their travel time, and then converting the travel time to an equivalent depth using the speed of sound in water. The inverted echo sounder must have the following operating characteristics:1.Primary Measurements: a. The instrument shall measure the time required for an acoustic pulse to travel from the ocean bottom to the surface and back to the bottom, b. The travel time measurement resolution must be 0.00005 seconds or less, etc. 2:Additonal measurements: a. The instrument must have the ability to measure the ocean water pressure for water depths ranging from 500 meters to 6700 meters, b. Pressure measurement resolution shall be 0.005 decibar or less, etc. 3: Optional measurements: a. The instrument shall be capable of measuring the horizontal water velocity at a single point located within 75 meters of the bottom of the ocean, b. The water velocity measurement shall include the magnitude and azimuth, or equivalently the two horizontal components of the current vector, etc. 4. Data Storage: a. All data storage must be in semiconductor reusable memory such as compact flash card or equivalent, b. All travel time measurements, pressure measurements, temperature measurements, and current velocity measurements if included must be stored such that they can be recovered to full resolution, etc. 5: Data Telemetry: The instrument shall include an acoustic telemetry capability such that anytime following the deployment of the instrument, it may be ascertained if it is collecting valid data, and the data collected to that time can be collected by a surface ship without recovering the instrument, etc. The instrument must be capable of operating in water depths over the range 500 of 6700 meters. The instrument must be capable of operating unattended on the ocean bottom for up to 4 years. This is not a small business set-aside. The NAICS Code is 334514. All interested parties may request a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) within fifteen (15) days of its publication. Request must be in writing and faxed to 816-426-7530, Attn: Sharon Walker.
- Record
- SN00559933-W 20040407/040405211805 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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