SOLICITATION NOTICE
20 -- ARGOS DRIFTING BUOYS
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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
- WASC-5-405
- Response Due
- 3/10/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2005
- Description
- REQUEST FOR QUOTATION - NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) has a requirement for drifting buoys with the following specifications: 02LD Drifting Buoy Specifications: Each buoy shall meet the following specifications: 1. The platform transmitter terminal (PTT) must be certified by Service ARGOS to ?40 degrees Centigrade and give positions accurate to 500 meters a minimum of 10 times in a 24 hour period when deployed at a latitude greater than 50 degrees. Any serial data interface necessary for transferring external data to the PTT is considered part of the unit. 2. These units will be deployed in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska with sea temperatures of < 0 degrees Centigrade. 3. Latitude, longitude, battery voltage and submergence are the expected buffer contents returned through ARGOS. The transmission must include the ARGOS format and 32 bits of data, 4-8 bit blocks. Unused bits should be zero-filled. Voltage must be sampled at least hourly. 4. ARGOS platform numbers, hex codes and repetition rates will be provided to the contractor at least 15 days before the delivery date on the contract. 5. The housing must be waterproof for rain or snow. The connections for the antenna must be watertight. Ship deployment must be possible. It must be able to be deployed as a packaged unit as delivered by the contractor. Each unit must be fully assembled with external switch or removable magnet to start. 6. The drogue will be a holey sock design that allows a minimum of 40:1 drag ration. All drogues will be centered at 40 meters below surface. 7. Each buoy through its ARGOS code will be able to indicate if the drogue is attached or lost during deployment. This system shall not be intrusive of the buoy housing. 8. The contractor must have a history of reliable high latitude (>50 degrees North) operation for their drifting buoys, as previously demonstrated during the FOCI program. A reliable high latitude history is defined as follows*: a. Drifters transmit properly (as defined in item 1) before deployment ? 100% b. Drifters transmit properly (as defined in item 1) during the first month of deployment ? 90% c. Drifters transmit properly (as defined in item 1) during the first 3 months of deployment ? 75% d. Drifters transmit properly (as defined in item 1) during the first 6 months of deployment ? 60% 9. Twenty drifter buoys to be delivered on or before July 1, 2005. All delivered buoys will be required to have a ?shelf-life? of 730 days. All delivered buoys will be required to transmit properly (as defined in item 1) for the next 240 days after start (using external switch or removable magnet). All responsible sources ma submit a bid for consideration by March 10, 2005. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $50,000
- Place of Performance
- Address: Seattle, Washington
- Zip Code: 98115
- Zip Code: 98115
- Record
- SN00757571-W 20050226/050224211853 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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