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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 18,1996 PSA#1639Defense Mapping Agency/PCA MS D-88, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD
20816-5003 A -- LASER AIRBORNE BATHYMETRY SURVEY (LABS) SYSTEM POC Lynn Martin,
Contracting Officer, (301)-227-2302, FAX (301) 227-2218/5573 SOURCES
SOUGHT--The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) intends to procure through
full and open competition the Laser Airborne Bathymetry Survey (LABS)
System. LABS acquisition and implementation is a joint DMA and Navy
effort under the Defense Hydrographic Initiative. The objective of LABS
is to enhance hydrographic survey capability against conventional
nautical charting requirements in shallow and costal waters; to
increase the quantity and currency of hydrographic surveys; to
contribute to the population of the Master Seafloor Digital Data Base
(MSDDB); and to provide a self-contained system for rapid survey of
areas of high or emerging importance. LABS will satisfy requirements to
conduct hydrographic surveys to support Joint Littoral Warfare and to
meet legal obligations to provide data necessary to ensure the safe
navigation of American ships outside US territorial waters. LABS will
provide the capability to collect, process and validate data in
accordance with International Hydrographic Organization Standards and
Navy survey requriements. LABS data will be used by DMA to produce new
or revised charts and related publications. The LABS System will
incorporate the functionality to: plan and execute airborne laser
bathymetry surveys, plan integrated surveys including airborne and
conventional components, provide for management of surveys and
collected data; provide for automated processing and analysis of
collected data; provide for operator access to waveform and other
relevant data to support analysis and validation; provide for
derivation and application of tidal data corrections; provide output to
interface with Naval Oceanographic Office and Hydrographic Source
Assessment System (HYSAS) tools for data analysis and validation;
provide the capability to produce products in the field to support data
validation and survey management processes as well as interim and final
field products in digital format and as hard copy; interface with HYSAS
to support the population and maintenance of the Master Seafloor
Digital Database (MSDDB); provide for operations and maintenance as a
deployable survey system for extended periods of time to remote
operating areas outside CONUS; optimize efficiency of survey processes
through performance of all functions reasonable as airborne processes
during the expected eight to ten hour duration survey flights; and
provide for complete processing and validation in the field requiring
minimum review at in-house facilities. The LABS System will be composed
of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to the maximum
extent possible to meet all functional and performance requirements.
The LABS System configuration and component design will be consistent
with the designated candidate platform(s) and will accommodate deployed
remote operations. The LABS System configuration and design will also
accommodate the transportability requirements associated with
operations, maintenance and logistics aboard the selected plantform(s)
and with remote survey operations. The LABS System will provide
up-do-date technologyfor automated pre-survey planning, data
acquistion, procesing, validation, data output, and production of
products for surveys in relatively clear, shallow waters, essentially
world-wide. Contractor support is required to provide the following for
the LABS System: commercial off-the-shelf and developmental sensor
hardware and software, survey planning and data acquisition hardware
and software, data processing, analysis and validation hardware and
software; documentation; program management, sytems engineering,
integration and verification, configuration management, logistics,
training, data management, and technical support; as well as options
for maintenance and for operations. This is not a request for proposal
(RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to
ultimately issue a solicitation or a contract. It is requested that
interested parties submit a written or faxed request to receive a draft
copy of the effort. All requests shall be submitted within fifteen days
after the publication of this announcement. Comments to the draft shall
be due thirty days after issuance of the package. (0198) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0007 19960717\A-0007.SOL)
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