Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Underway Profiling System
Deadline: 28 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 21 Jul 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 145571949
Document Ref. No.: 141009-26-0083
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Name: Login to see tender_details
Address: Login to see tender_details
Email: Login to see tender_details
Login to see detailsTender Details
Solicitation Number:141009-26-0083
Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis
TITLE: Underway Profiling System
Response Date: 07/28/2026
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is not a presolicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified U.S Domestic businesses, which could include Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran owned, Women owned Small Business firms and even large businesses. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the Government in making appropriate acquisition decisions.
The NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS) Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping (COE) requires a highly portable, space-saving underway profiling suite for use on small survey craft and vessels of opportunity.
BACKGROUND:
The Center of Excellence (COE) requires a fully integrated, turnkey, highly portable, and rapidly deployable underway profiling system to directly support the education and training of the hydrographic workforce. This turnkey system must provide a complete, out-of-the-box solution that allows personnel to rapidly mobilize and configure a Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) for continuous water column data collection. This hands-on capability is critical for developing operational proficiency and maintaining instructional readiness in modern hydrographic survey techniques. Furthermore, this must be a fully functional, practical, and usable system for surveyors, ensuring that personnel receive realistic, industry-standard experience with underway profiling equipment.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
The operational requirements for this system are:
It must include all required components to mobilize on a typical vessel-of-opportunity (winch, davit, control box, logging instrument, sensors, and software).
The system must be highly portable and capable of being deployed by a small team, sp...
Notice ID: 141009-26-0083
Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of
Sub-tier: national oceanic and atmospheric administration
Office: dept of commerce noaa
Product Service Code: 5845 - underwater sound equipment
NAICS Code: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Inactive Dates: jul 29, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
Documents
Tender Notice