SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- NOAA 28' Hydrographic Survey Launches convert to dual-mode operation - Draft SOW
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336612
— Boat Building
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division - Norfolk, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA-133C-17-RQ-0346
- Point of Contact
- Emily Clark, Phone: 757-441-6875
- E-Mail Address
-
emily.clark@noaa.gov
(emily.clark@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work In preparation for an upcoming procurement, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk, VA on behalf of the National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), Coast Survey Development Lab (CSDL) is conducting market research to determine potential sources for conversion of existing NOAA 28' Hydrographic Survey Launch's to operate as either a manned or unmanned vessel. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 336612, Boat Building, Unmanned and Robotic Watercraft Manufacturing in Boat Yards. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is 1,000 employees. All interested firms are encouraged to submit a brief, typed Capability Statement in response to this sources sought announcement. NOAA's CSDL has been conducting activities to incorporate Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) into NOAA's hydrographic survey fleet to support its navigation safety and nautical charting missions. The efforts began aboard NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson with the evaluation and operational use of man-portable Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) to survey shallow, near shore areas to fill coverage gaps between Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and survey launch-based sonar. Aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster operational evaluation continued with use of a large, long-endurance USV to conduct off-shore surveys. These activities contribute to CSDL's plan for agile development and incremental adoption of unmanned technology to support its seafloor mapping requirements. The next phase of this process is the conversion of existing NOAA hydrographic survey launches to provide the capability of operating as either traditionally manned survey platforms or unmanned platforms in close coordination with a manned survey ship or launch. CSDL requires the conversion of existing NOAA hydrographic survey launches for dual-mode operations as either manned or unmanned survey vessels. A maximum total of six hydrographic survey launches will be converted over the course of this requirement. The conversion will require the integration of unmanned control systems aboard the launches to include autonomous survey control, mechanical systems control and monitoring, survey system integration, navigational awareness sensors and control, and command and sensor telemetry. NOAA intends to use the converted launches as either manned, minimally manned, or unmanned systems. As manned systems the launches must operate as they are currently configured with vessel control and navigation controlled by a coxswain at the helm while a survey technician operates the suite of survey systems, including multibeam sonar and acquisition computers. As minimally manned systems the launches must have the ability for either vessel control (navigation and steering) or survey system control to be performed either autonomously or remotely from a manned platform. As unmanned systems the launches must have the ability for both vessel control and survey system control to be performed either autonomously or remotely from a manned platform. NOAA's intended concept of operations for the minimally manned and unmanned capabilities of the launches requires that the launches perform hydrographic surveys (seafloor mapping with multibeam sonar) in coordination with a manned platform, either ship or survey launch. The unmanned launch must be able to navigate a pre-planned survey pattern within visual and communications range of the manned platform, which will augment the situational awareness capabilities of the unmanned system, to include maintaining a radar and visual lookout for other vessel traffic and managing radio communications with other vessels to arrange safe passage. The manned platform must have real-time access to the navigation and situation awareness sensors (radar, depth sounder, AIS, cameras), mechanical systems, and survey systems aboard the unmanned survey launch to both perform the survey functions and redirect or take control of the launch when necessary. NOAA intends to award a contract with the purchase of one launch reconfiguration and the option to purchase five total additional reconfigurations throughout a three year period. Standard brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this notice. Submitted Capability Statements shall include the following: 1.Company name and address 2.DUNS number 3.Type of business (e.g. large business, small business, 8(a),veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and/or women owned small business) as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM) 4.Company point of contact - name, phone, and e-mail address 5.Demonstrate capabilities for meeting the requirements listed above, and as outlined in the draft statement of work, and detail experience providing these services. Responses to this sources sought should be submitted via email to Emily Clark at Emily.Clark@noaa.gov no later than 3:00 pm ET on April 26, 2017.
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