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A -- SONAR- BASED COMPACT DIVER SURVEY SYSTEM SOL PLR008 DUE 070398 POC Joanne Shea, Contract Specialist The EPA plans to issue a Request for Quotations for a Sonar-based Compact Diver Survey System which should be a Desert Star System or equal. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (valued under $100,000). The EPA intends to purchase this item from Desert Star Systems under the authority of FAR6.301 (1) Only One Responsible Source. A sole source statement has been prepared identifying Desert Star Systems as the only vendor that provides smaller scale diver surveys (approximately 50-500 meters in proximity.) The system includes the following: 1. Hand held units (including documentation and technical support) that a diver can use to: a. navigate to specific waypoints, b. mark waypoint locations and enter information (codes/comments) about the locations, c. receive messages from the surface unit, d. connect with a sensor to make ambient readings, e. store dive information at each survey point, 2. Surface unit that includes: a. display and stores, for each diver: location, depth, tank pressure, sensor readings, documentation and technical support, b. Can be used to send messages to diver-held units, c. Can be tied into boats's GPS. 3. Upgradable tracking/survey-related software that will handle the acoustic information in the manner described above. 4. Ruggedized laptop that: a. Can handle temperature extremes (at least 25-100 Farenheit), vibration and shock from a pounding boat, salt spray, rain, humidity, dust and sand, b. Has sunlight-readable screen with anti-glare protection, c. Has software and hardware to run the dive-related software, with excess capacity to allow for future software upgrades (hard drive 2GB, memory-64MB, motherboard-Pentium 166) d. Can be easily integrated (ports available) with dive-related hardware, including boat GPS. 5. All hardware and accessories needed to deploy the configurations necessary to achieve sub-meter position precision/accuracy, Long baseline stations must have a sleep mode (wake-up when interrogated). 6. Spare transducers for the diver and surface units. 7. Cases to protect and transport all equipment safely. 8. System to insure clean, uninterrupted power supply to laptop, for example in the event the boat's power goes down, a battery should seamlessly take over. 9. Maintenance package. 10. System and laptop hardware and software to be tested and integrated prior to delivery. Interested firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the Contract Specialist, their qualifications, capabilities and product information. This information will be used solely to determine whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the 15 days (July 3, 1998) or without the required information will be consider nonresponsive and will not be considered. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed effort is solely within the discretion of the Government. For technical questions please contact the Project Officer, Bruce Duncan at 206-553-8086. (0168)

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