Underwater pole mounted ultra short base line tracking system.

Trade Agreement: NONE Tendering Procedures: Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Government Objectives Representing Best Interests/Value to Govt Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: Sonardyne Inc. 8280 Willow Pl. Dr. N #130 Houston Texas United States 77070 Nature of Requirements: Underwater pole mounted ultra short base line tracking system.

1) ADVANCE CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE (ACAN) An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

2) DEFINITION OF THE REQUIREMENT Current NRCan data acquisition/information management onboard Coast Guard vessels rely on the GPS antenna location onboard the ship. While post processing of location is possible, there are large errors introduced due to imprecise assumptions. An Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) tracking system is required which will deliver real-time XYZ tracking information for a variety of science activities:

• Deep piston core locations up to 3000m to sample large scale slump features. • Shallow piston coring with targets from high resolution multibeam, geophysical and sidescan surveys. • Camera, video and ROV realtime seafloor deployments. • Towed equipment: Sidescan, Huntec, and Airgun survey equipment positioning. • Accurate mooring location deployment.

Equipment Required

A complete "USBL tracking system" consists of • the USBL tracking system mounted on a side mount pole. • External high resolution Motion Sensor mounted as near to the tcvr as possible / co-located. • Ship Gyro $HDT message (use existing) • GPS $NMEA signal (use existing)

This procurement is for the USBL tracking system mounted on a side mount pole only.

3) CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES (MINIMUM ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS) Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its system equipment offering meets the following minimum mandatory requirements:

Must be able to track beacons to depths of 3000m. Must be able to communicate from 18 to 36 kHz between transponder and beacon. Must be able to track 5 beacons. Must be able to input motion sensor data (TSS1 and TSS2). Must be able to input Gyro Heading (NMEA $HDT format). System requires 2 Transponders/beacons which must have a depth rating of 3000m and a communication bandwidth between 18-36kHz. Must have a windows computer with customizable beacon location display options including beacon location in relative UTM format and latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. Must provide USBL and Calibration software. Must have the ability to accept input and output defined data strings in RS232 and RS485 formats. Must be able to output data strings using Teledyne (TSS) protocols in industry standard formats and customizable formats. Must have no time delay between the display of data and the export of data. Must have at least 30m cable from transceiver and computer. Must have a slant range error of 0.1% or better. Must have the ability to automatically scan for transponders up to 3,000 m away. Acoustic coverage must be 360°. Must have TCPIP communications between the transceiver and computer. Must allow for multiple pinging with a 1 second update irrespective of water depth. Must have a repeatability error of