Aérosols - lidar

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: The bidder must supply Canadian goods and/or services Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall Proposal Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: W7701-145821 Aerosols-lidar

Objectives: The objectives of the work are to : Study the dispersion of manmade clouds and improve theirs detection Study and improve techniques for the standoff determination of aerosol size and concentration Study the polarization/depolarization properties of aerosols and solid targets and develop algorithm for their identification Study propagation of laser beam in atmosphere and under water as a function of atmos-pheric/water physical parameters to determine the detection probability and identification of targets Applied different lidar inversion techniques to a large variety of data Conduct trials with the DRDC Valcartier lidar systems and analyse the resulting data Present the work involved in/findings of the six previous objectives at meetings and conferences

Tasks: This task authorisation contract include the following tasks: 1. Study the dispersion of manmade clouds and improve theirs detection; 2. Study and improve techniques for the standoff determination of aerosol size and concentration; 3. Study the polarization/depolarization properties of aerosols and solid targets and develop algorithm for their identification; 4. Study propagation of laser beam in atmosphere and under water as a function of atmos-pheric/water physical parameters to determine the detection probability and identification of targets; 5. Applied different lidar inversion techniques to a large variety of data; 6. Conduct trials with the DRDC Valcartier lidar systems and analyse the resulting data; 7. Present the work involved in/findings of the six previous objectives at meetings and conferences.

Work location: Some experimental work will be done at DRDC Valcartier (Task 1a, 2a,3a 3b and 6). The work location will be specified in each task. The approximate work duration at DRDC Valcartier is of 2 weeks per year for the duration of the contract. When done at RDDC Valcartier all the resource of the Contractor will be accompanied by RDDC Valcartier personnel at all time.

Client department : The organization for which the services are to be rendered is Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC - Valcartier).

Period of the contract : The period of the contract is from the date of the contract to March 31, 2018 inclusive

Estimated funding available Estimated amount of available funding for this contract : $600,000.00, Applicable Taxes extra.

Intellectual property rights Any intellectual property rights arising from the performance of the Work under the resulting contract will belong to Canada.

Other information : The requirement is subject to the provisions of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). The requirement is limited to Canadian services. Bidders must provide a list of names, or other related information as needed, pursuant to section 01 of Standard Instructions 2003 and 2004. For services requirements, Bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation. The compliant proposal with the lowest evaluated price per point will be recommanded for a contract award.

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