A06_Specifications.docx

Salient Characteristics S19055 The USGS Water Science in Portland, OR needs to purchase one (1) profiler pontoon with Iridium satellite communications and EXO2 sonde with depth. This equipment will be installed at a Corp dam to monitor Harmful Algal Bloom. Therefore, it is imperative that the accuracy level of the surveying equipment meet or exceed the requirements below.

PROFILER PONTOON

Profiler Pontoon/ Raft Assembly:

1. Shall be at least 6-ft by 12-ft in size.

2. Shall have 800lbs of net buoyancy.

3. Shall have aluminum substructure.

4. Shall have stainless-steel hardware.

5. Shall have aluminum grated decking.

6. Shall have 100 m cable.

7. Shall have depth profile setpoint accuracy at ±0.1 m

8. Shall have maximum profile frequency at 50% of duty cycle

9. Shall have minimum profile depth at 1 meter

10. Shall have profile depth from 0-100 m.

11. Shall have up or down and parks at any depth profile direction.

12. Shall use top and bottom reference points for software-controlled positioning.

13. Shall be compatible with YSI EXO Sonde or equivalent.

Power Assembly for T-Frame Profiler:

14. Shall include battery box, 12V battery, and solar regulator.

T-Frame Assembly for Profilers:

15. Shall include two (2) 30-Watt solar panels, two (2) custom fiberglass covers, and cable energy absorption bungee assembly.

Winch Controller:

16. Shall be compatible with winch specs below.

17. Shall have a sealed submersible PVC case.

18. Shall include submersible connectors.

Depth Sounder:

19. Must be integrated into pontoon, specs above.

Sonde Link Adapter:

20. Shall include conversion assembly.

21. Shall connect to EXO Sonde or equivalent.

22. Shall have 6 pin impulse style pigtail.

23. Shall have depth / pressure rating / limit at 100 meters (328 ft).

Sounder assembly:

24. Must be integrated into pontoon, specs above.

Crate:

25. Shall be compatible with profiler T-Frame specs listed above.

26. Shall be 40x30x54 and wood.

Vertical Profiler Winch Assembly:

27. Shall be 100-meter ruggedized winch.

28. Shall be made of Delrin, PVC, and stainless-steel parts.

Profiler Cable:

29. Shall be at least 100 meters long.

30. Shall have a Polyurethane outer jacket.

31. Shall have Kevlar reinforced braid.

32. Shall have molded Sonde connector.

33. Shall have flying leads.

Network Managing Software:

34. Shall be used to send new programs to the system and schedule data retrieval for systems with telemetry.

35. Shall be used for base station connect and scheduling.

36. Shall allow data to be served to multiple clients simultaneously with user-interface and new or updated clients.

37. Shall be used to manage the network.

38. Shall allow for network setup, configuration, monitoring, and backup; datalogger programming, maintenance, data collection; and real-time or historical data display.

Field Configuration Software:

39. Shall be compatible with Windows XP and later.

40. Shall allow for configuration of a profiler mission and upload to the system network.

Visualization Profiler Software:

41. Shall be for display of environmental data.

42. Shall show data in single-day or multiple-day displays.

43. Shall real-time updates insure you always view the latest data. No need to manually update data files to display the latest data.

44. Shall send screen captures of your displays in jpeg or bmp format to your web page for online viewing by a wider audience.

45. Shall store up to 25 (twenty-five) sensor variables to a DAT file with queries to generate displays.

On-Site Field Engineering/Project Manager Services:

46. Shall have one (1) field engineer/manager on-site for 3 days to act as technical lead for specified engineering services.

47. must be scheduled at least 4 weeks in advance

48. Shall include all travel and living expenses.

49. Shall not include materials, supplies, or consumables.

Sonde:

50. Shall have 0 to 100-meter depth.

51. Shall have AUX port for future expansion.

52. Shall include sonde, four (4) 'D' batteries, calibration cup, tool kit, four (4) port plugs, USB drive loaded with user manual and KOR Software or equivalent.

53. Shall be capable of anti-fouling with central wiper.

54. Shall have depth / pressure rating / limit from 0 to 250 m (0 to 820 ft).

55. Shall be compatible with software specs listed above.

56. Shall have flow cell.

57. Shall have logging capabilities.

58. Shall work in fresh, sea, or polluted water.

59. Shall have memory greater than 1,000,000 logged readings, 512 MB total memory.

60. Shall have operating temperature form -5 to +50°C.

61. Shall have battery life of at least 90 days.

62. Shall have Bluetooth wireless technology (between sonde and handheld or computer with KOR software or equivalent), USB

63. Shall have USB with signal output adapter (SOA); RS-232 and SDI-12 with DCP-SOA.

64. Shall have diameter no larger than 7.62 cm (3.00 in).

65. Shall have a length no longer than 71.10 cm (28.00 in).

66. Shall have 1 (one) power communication port; 1 (one) auxiliary port for third-party sensors with future functionality; not active yet.

67. Shall have sample rate up to 4 Hz.

68. Shall have sensor ports 7 with 6 ports available when central wiper used).

69. Shall have warranty of 3-months for replaceable reagent modules for ammonium, chloride, and nitrate.

70. Shall have warranty 1-year for Optical DO membranes and replaceable reagent modules for pH and pH/ORP

71. Shall have warranty 2-year for cables; sonde bulkheads; handheld; conductivity, temperature, depth, and optical sensors; electronics base for pH, pH/ORP, ammonium, chloride, and nitrate sensors; and accessories

72. Shall weigh no more than 3.60 kg (7.90 lbs).

Conductivity/Temperature Sensor:

73. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

74. Shall have flow channel design and high accuracy temperature.

75. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

76. Shall be capable of conductivity measurements with 0 to 100 mS/cm range, 0.0001 to 0.01 mS/cm resolution, and ±1% of reading or 2 μS/cm, w.i.g accuracy.

77. Shall be capable of temperature measurements with -5 to 50°C range, 0.001°C resolution, and ±0.2°C accuracy.

pH Sensor Assembly:

78. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

79. Shall have user replaceable sensor head.

80. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

81. Shall be unguarded.

82. Shall have 0-14 pH units range, 0.01 pH unit resolution, and accuracy at ±0.1 within ±10°C of cal temp and at ±0.2 for all other temps.

Optical DO Sensor:

83. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

84. Shall have user replaceable sensor head.

85. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

86. Shall have 0 to 500% air sat. range, 0.1% air sat. resolution, and accuracy at ±1% of reading or 1% sat., w.i.g., (0 to 200%) and at ±5% of reading (200 to 500%).

87. Shall have 0 to 50 mg/L range, 0.01 mg/L resolution, and accuracy at ±1% of reading or 0.1 mg/L, w.i.g., (0 to 20 mg/L) and at ±5% of reading (20 to 50 mg/L).

Turbidity Sensor:

88. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

89. Shall have wide range sensor from 0-4000 FNU.

90. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

91. Shall have 0.01 FNU to 0.1 FNU resolution.

92. Shall have accuracy at 0.3 FNU or ±3% of reading, (0 to 999 FNU) and at ±5% of reading (1000 to 4000 FNU).

Total Algae- PC Sensor:

93. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

94. Shall be for freshwater use – Phycocyanin.

95. Shall include chlorophyll and blue green algae sensors in a single sensor.

96. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

97. Shall measure Chlorophyll with 0 to 100 RFU precision.

98. Shall measure BFA-PC with 0 to 100 µg/L PC precision.

fDOM Sensor:

99. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

100. Shall be AKA CDOM or UV Fluorometer.

101. Shall incorporate wet-mate connector and welded titanium housing.

102. Shall have 0 to 300 ppb QSE range, 0.01 ppb QSE resolution, and Linearity at r2 greater than or equal to 0.999 for 0 to 300 ppb QSE, MDL of 0.016 ppb QSE.

Central Wiper:

103. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

104. Shall install in center wiper port.

105. Shall include two (2) wiper brushes and installation tool.

106. Shall be used in unattended monitoring deployments to reduce bio-fouling.

Anti-Fouling Guard:

107. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

108. Shall be a sensor guard made of copper alloy to inhibit growth and extend deployment time.

Iridium Satellite Communications:

109. Shall include 6 days of programing, testing, and integration of modem.

110. Shall setup modem to meet USGS guidelines for satellite telemetry.

111. Data plan shall be the customer/ owner’s responsibility.

Iridium Satellite Transceiver:

112. Shall be compatible with sonde specs above.

113. Shall be no larger than 41 mm long by 45mm wide by 13mm deep (1.6 in long x 1.7 in wide x 0.5 in deep).

114. Shall weigh no more than 0.03 kg (0.06 lbs).

115. Shall have frequency range from 1616 MHz to 1626.5 MHz.

116. Shall have TDD (Time Domain Duplex) duplexing method.

117. Shall have Input/Output Impedance of 50Ω.

118. Shall have TDMA/FDMA multiplexing method.

119. Shall have operating range from -40ºC to +85ºC (-40°F to +185°F).

120. Shall have operating humidity less than or equal to 75% RH.

121. Shall have idle current with average at 35mA and peak at 170mA.

122. Shall have transmit current with average at 140mA and peak at 1.3A.

123. Shall have receiving current with average at 40mA and peak at 170mA.

124. Shall have short burst data message transfer with average current at 150mA and average power at less than 0.8W.

Flat Mount Antenna:

125. Shall be compatible specs above.

126. Must be included with pontoon, specs above.