HF INTERFEROMETRIC SAS SOFTWARE

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)
Tendering Procedures: 
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Best Overall  Proposal
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
HF INTERFEROMETRIC SAS SOFTWARE

W7707-145707/A
Collier, Susan
Telephone No. - (902) 496-5350 
Fax No. - (902) 496-5016

TITLE:
HF INTERFEROMETRIC SAS SOFTWARE

1.1.INTRODUCTION
Defence Research and Development Canada - Atlantic intends to
procure one (1) modular dual-sided Interferometric Synthetic
Aperture Sonar (SAS) system.  The SAS system must be integrated
into DRDC's Arctic Explorer class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
(AUV), manufactured by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. 
The proposed contractor must perform the integration of the SAS
sensor with the AUV on site at DRDC Atlantic, located at
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.  The proposed contractor must
supply all electronics, data storage and additional auxiliary
sensors not already included in the AUV configuration (specified
in Annex E of the RFP ) required to produce focussed SAS images
and interferometric maps.  The proposed contractor shall provide
SAS beamforming software for post processing of acoustic data
and creating geo-located SAS imagery and interferometry.  

1.2.BACKGROUND
The Mine Defence project, part of the DRDC's Maritime Science
and Technology Programme, is focussed on the use of unmanned
systems for naval mine countermeasures activities.  A key
transformational technology in this area has been the
development of commercial synthetic aperture sonars (SAS) which
provide significant improvements to along-track resolution
through the coherent summing of pings as the vehicle follows a
straight line trajectory.  The increased image resolution and
quality can provide better input to other parts of the research
programme, such as Automatic Target Recognition, Battlespace
Characterization and Marine Autonomy.  DRDC has a requirement to
acquire a commercial off-the-shelf Interferometric SAS system to
be integrated into an Arctic Explorer AUV in order to better
achieve the research and development objectives within its
programme of work.

A budget of $500,000.00 Canadian dollars taxes extra has been
set aside for this project.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL CRITERIA
The Synthetic Aperture Sonar system must be in compliance with
the Statement of Requirements as detailed in clause 1 of PART 1
- INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION -Annex A of the RFP. 

In order to show compliance with the Statement of Requirements
the proposed Contractor must submit a "Performance Inspection
and Acceptance Test Plan" as detailed in the RFP and conduct a
"Performance Acceptance Test" at DRDC Atlantic facilities as
describe below.

METHOD OF SELECTION
A bid must comply with the requirements of the bid solicitation
and meet all mandatory technical evaluation criteria to be
declared responsive. Bids meeting the mandatory requirements
will be point rated against the evaluation criteria in Annex B2
of the RFP - Performance Criteria . The lowest responsive
cost-per-point proposal within the stated budget of $500,000
(taxes extra) will be recommended for award of a contract.

This requirement is subject to Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

INQUIRIES: 
All inquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a
contractual nature are to be submitted to the Contracting
Authority: Susan Collier, telephone (902) 496-5350, facsimile:
(902) 496-5016. Inquiries are to be made in writing and should
be received no less than five (5) calendars days prior to the
closing date to allow sufficient time to respond.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.