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20 -- SIDESCAN AND BATHYMETRY SURVEYING SYSTEM SOL 00HQSS0027 DUE 071100 POC Pansy R. Yeatts, Contracting Officer, (703) 648-7382 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, pyeatts@usgs.gov. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement for a Sidescan Sonar and Bathymetry Surveying System. The system must possess the following technical features: Must not be in a towed body configuration. Must be portable enough to mount on any ship bow or in a side mount configuration. Must be delivered as a complete and stand-alone system. This will include necessary mounting and rigging hardware, all necessary cabling to and from the sensor head, all necessary amplifiers, shipboard data collection and processing hardware and software. The transmitted SONAR signal must be in the range of 230 kilohertz. Must acquire side scan SONAR and co-registered interferometric bathymetery data. System must be capable of interfacing with all existing USGS data processing software. All data must be compatible with USGS processing software. Must be able to mount a motion reference unit to the transducer head. Must accept external navigation, and compass information. Must be able to collect data in a swath that measures at least ten times the water depth, uses the interometric method for determining depth soundings, The data acquisition computer used to store the swath bathymetric information must run under Microsoft Windows NT. The data acquisition computer used to store the swath bathymetric information shall have the ability to be linked via ethernet connections to USGS computers during vessel cruises. This system shall be delivered on or before September 1, 2000. Solicitation No. OOHQSS0027 will be available on or about June 30, 2000 with a closing date 10 days after issuance. Requests for Solicitation No. 00HQSS0027 shall be in writing and may be forwarded via regular mail. Facsmile requests will be accepted via (703) 648-7359). Telephone confirmation is recommended. Requests may also be transmitted via electronic mail to the address pyeatts@usgs.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. Posted 06/20/00 (W-SN466573). (0172)

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