MARITIME ACOUSTIC PROCESSING SYSTEM

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Attachment: None Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Nature of Requirements: MARITIME ACOUSTIC PROCESSING SYSTEM

Defence Research Development Canada Atlantic (DRDC - Atlantic) has a requirement for ruggedized computers and servers (CPU's) for sea-going systems for acoustic processing research and display. The CPU's will form a processing and display cluster of computers and must be sized to fit into the expected spaces aboard ship. Although focussed on acoustic processing, it is expected that the CPU's will be based on standard computing components running applications and code in Linux (Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise License) and Microsoft Windows environments. The CPUs must meet MIL specs as they are expected to deploy for extended periods from a few weeks to a few months at a time aboard military and research ships.

There are 5 types of CPU's required in each system. The various CPU's are expected to be built up from common components, such as common motherboard, common processor, video cards etc. This will allow for ease of maintenance and the ability to exchange parts between units in the event of failures while the systems are fielded at sea. The requirements for the CPU's are described in the Request for Proposal with quantities to build 2 of our systems plus some spare parts.

It is requested that all the deliverables must be received on or before 28 March 2013.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

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