NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE, CONTRACTING DEPT., CODE N45, STENNIS SPACE CNTR, MS 39522-5001

58 -- SHIPBOARD, SHALLOW WATER, MULTIBEAM SONAR SYSTEM SOL N62306-96-R-0006 DUE 071696 POC Contract Specialist, M.M. FLETCHER, (601) 689-8369 Requirement is a shipboard installed, shallow water multibeam system (1 each), with operating frequency 75kHz to 150kHz, minimum operating depth of 3 meters below transducer array, maximum operating depth of 1000 meters, swath width sector cover of 150 degrees to 200m, 120 degrees from 200m to 600m, and 60 degrees from 600m to 1000m directly below vessel, depth accuracy of 0.3% of water depth or 15 cm, range resolution of 30 cm maximum, depth resolution of 2 cm maximum, minimum of 48 beams per ping, analog, physical, and digital beam forming, and bottom detector of both amplitude and phase detection for all beams at survey speed up to 14 knots and ship roll and pitch angles up to plus or minus 15 degress and plus or minus 15 degrees with all beams meeting the accuracy requirements over bottom types ranging from hard sand and rock to soft mud. System shall include, but not be limited to the following units/components: transducer unit, transceiver unit, operator unit, bottom detector unit, quality assurance unit, sonar imaging unit, plotter/color printer, data logging system, post processing system, real time contouring system, data storage, sea surface temperature unit, sound velocity profile sensor, POS/MV unit, and vertical reference unit. Also to be provided with the system is spare parts kit, module level, for six (6) months operations, operation and maintenance training, installation, docside, and sea trial technical support, technical data, to include commercial operation and maintenance manuals, and installation, factory and at-sea testing procedures, and options for additional on-board spare parts kit, and software update/maintenance support through 2001. Government specifications will be provided with the solicitation. The solicitation, N62306-96-R-0006, to be processed under FAR Part 12 for commercial products, is to be issued o/a 14 June 1996, with a closing date to be 30 days after issuance. Delivery will be required within 120 to 150 days after date of contract and is to be made to the Naval Oceanographic, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. Written requests for copies of the solicitation are desired and can be forwarded via FAX (601) 689-8392 to the attention of Mona M. Fletcher. (0149)

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