Underwater Sound Equipment

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama 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: ROMOR Atlantic Limited 41 Martha Avenue Mount Uniacke Nova Scotia Canada B0N1Z0 Nature of Requirements: Underwater high resolution Motion Sensor for a USBL pole mounted 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 transceiver as possible / co-located. • Ship Gyro $HDT message (use existing) • GPS $NMEA signal (use existing)

This procurement is for the external high resolution motion sensor 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:

Dynamic roll and pitch accuracy of 0.05°. Data Resolution: Heave 1cm, Roll & Pitch 0.01°. Subsea depth rating of 3000m. TSS1 and user configurable outputs. Power Requirement