Present Weather Sensor

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Attachment: None
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Present Weather Sensor

KM175-131167/A
Escander, Lisa
Telephone No. - (905) 615-2062 (    )
Fax No. - (905) 615-2060

Environment Canada (EC), Cloud Physics and Severe Weather
Section, Toronto, ON, has a requirement for five (5) present
weather sensors to conduct various meteorological field studies
across Canada.

The period of the contract is from date of contract award to
March 31, 2015.

Firm Requirement 
All deliverables must be received on or before March 31, 2014.

Optional Requirement
All deliverables must be received on or before March 31, 2015.

The proposed bidders must meet all mandatory criteria detailed
in the Request for Proposal document.

Some of the mandatory criteria are provided below.  Refer to the
Request for Proposal for the complete list.

operate on 120VAC 60Hz. Max consumption 80W;

provide data in the following data format:

Example: 00 4000 7000 R 01 12 20 0.54 12.16 0 11.4 10000:

00 = Visibility Alarm;
4000 = 1 min visibility average;
7000 = 10 Minute visibility Average;
R = NWS instant weather code;
01 = Instant Present Weather code;
12 =  15 min Present Weather code;
20 = 60 min Present Weather code;
0.54 = Precipitation intensity mm/hr;
12.16 Total water sum;
0 = Total Snow;
11.4 = Temperature;
10000 = Background Luminance
The data must be available on a user selectable interval in this
format. The device must be able to function either in broadcast
or polled mode.

be pole mounted;

use forward light scattering to measure visibility;

measure visibility between 10 metres to 20000 metres as a
minimum;

measure temperature between -40 to +50 Celsius as a minimum;

report precipitation rate 0 to 90mm/per hour as a minimum;

report accumulated precipitation to 90mm as a minimum;

report accumulated snow amount;

communicate and be programmable via one of the following
formats:  RS-232, RS-422 or RS485;

have a separate capacitive rain sensor;

optics must be heated for all weather operation;

operate from -40 to +50 Celsius as a minimum;

report errors in hardware via software interface.

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.