GNSS – Based Localization Unit for Off-Road Autonomous Test Platform
Solicitation number 25-58213
Publication date
Closing date and time 2026/01/12 14:00 EST
Last amendment date
Description
Supply a GNSS-based localization unit and accompanying hardware to the NRC. The NRC will be conducting off-road driving research in rugged arctic environments involving high-fidelity terrain sensing. Such an application requires a localization unit to facilitate coordinate frame registration through time and space.
The localization unit must provide high resolution data (cm level accuracy via RTK fix) at a sufficiently high update rate (≥ 100hz) while also being able to fuse various sensor modalities (GNSS, IMU, wheel odometry, and either LiDAR or camera feeds) to improve overall accuracy or accommodate individual sensor outage (such as GPS denial). The unit should support both base station and remote GNSS RTK correction data (through the TerraStar provider which boasts worldwide coverage). The unit must also be ruggedized to withstand the various environmental stressors which might be encountered during off-road driving in the arctic. The supplier must provide a matching RTK base station capable of RF transmission of RTK corrective data in the range of several kilometers assuming direct line-of-sight. A reduced volume footprint and power consumption are also desirable.
Contract duration
The estimated contract period will be 2 month(s), with a proposed start date of 2026/01/19.
Trade agreements
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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)
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Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Reason for limited tendering
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None
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Contact information
Contracting organization
- Organization
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National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
- Address
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1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, ON, K1A0R6Canada
- Contracting authority
- Carol Cooper
- Phone
- (902) 293-8053
- Email
- carol.cooper@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
- Address
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1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, ON, K1A0R6Canada
Bidding details
| Document title | Amendment no. | Language | Unique downloads | Date added |
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| 25-58213_966386_RFP_.pdf | 001 | EN | 24 | 2025/12/12 |
| 25-58213_RFP_ Conseil national de recherches Canada_FR.pdf | 001 | FR | 0 | 2025/12/12 |
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| Brendel Associates | 1038444 | 2026/03/31 | 2026/01/14 | Viewthe details of contract 1038444 for Brendel Associates |
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