Leasing of one (1) Portable Deepwater Multibeam Echosounder System

NRCan is seeking proposals from bidders for a LEASED PORTABLE DEEPWATER MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER (MBES) SYSTEM for an estimated 92 days to be delivered to Natural Resources Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive (P.O. Box 1006), Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2. The system will be installed and operated at sea by Government of Canada personnel. The purpose of the MBES is to collect swath data in water depths up to 3000 metres or deeper when mounted on a surface vessel. However, we acknowledge that systems capable of meeting this requirement may not be available, as such, suitable systems capable of collecting swath data above 1000m water depth may be considered.