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Statement of Requirements Attachment J.1

NOAA Class C

Attachment J.1 Statement of Requirements

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000 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

042 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

This Statement of Requirements (SOR) describes the performance requirements for design and construction of a Class C Fisheries/Coastal Sciences Vessel having a primary mission of assessing living marine resources (trawl capable) and a secondary capability of charting and mapping for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These vessels are designed with top-level requirements to support the management of fisheries, protected species, and marine protected areas.

This SOR does not include a complete statement of all Regulatory Body requirements necessary to satisfy the classification and certification requirements of Section 070 and United States Regulatory Bodies. The Contractor shall ensure that all such Regulatory Body requirements are met.

042.a Equivalent Equipment Where equipment is specified herein by manufacturer’s name, make, or model number, the manufacturer’s specifications and performance characteristics are included by reference in Attachment J.5 Equipment Salient Characteristics. The Contractor may propose equivalents to these equipment selections for Government approval by submitting an Equipment Equivalency Request.

When lesser dimensions and weights, or superior performance, acoustic characteristics, service, material, and maintenance characteristics are demonstrable and are to the advantage of the ship’s function and mission, the equivalent item may, with Government approval, be acceptable, provided specified requirements are met.

042.b Definitions

The intent of each space and weight reservation is that the vessel be ready for installation of the equipment at delivery. The design shall account for any/all associated impacts by incorporating reservations such as: space, weight, buoyancy, power (capacity, configuration and segregation), cableway, space ventilation, space drainage, control interfaces, cooling system, and noise impacts. The vessel shall have the capability to carry ballast to compensate for uninstalled equipment, for which space and weight are required.

Support services for space and weight items shall be terminated within the compartment affected, ductwork shall be sized for load, and water and air piping shall be terminated on the interior side of compartment bulkheads unless otherwise specified. Electrical service for space and weight items shall be carried to the intended power distribution panel or load center.

To ensure commonality of understanding, unless otherwise defined above, any word used in the SOR shall be construed according to its definition in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.

042.c Effective Issue Where industry standards or Government Specifications are referenced, the issue or revision in effect at the time of Phase II Contract award shall apply, unless a specific revision is called out as part of the reference. The ABS Rules for Building and Classing Marine Vessels in effect at the time of Phase II contract award are applicable to this contract.

Where manufacturer's type, model, or other commercial designation is referred to herein, the characteristics in effect on the date of submission of the Contractor’s final proposal shall apply. Where computer operating systems, model numbers, or other commercial design actions have been superseded since submission of the Contractor’s final proposal, new model numbers or designations may be utilized, provided the equipment salient characteristics associated with the new designation are the same as, or superior, to those associated with the superseded designation, as defined by the Equivalent Equipment requirements of Section 042.a.

045 CARE OF THE SHIP

045.a Hull Protection During Outfitting The potential of the hull shall be held in the range of -800mV to -859 mV (silver - silver chloride cell) in order to provide protection against corrosion of the hull. In freshwater locations the Contractor shall maintain a hull potential of in the range of -750 mV to - 900 mV (silver - silver chloride cell) during the time the ship is afloat. The cathodic protection system shall be compatible with the underwater paint system applied.

070 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION

070.a General The ship, equipment, fittings, and workmanship shall be of good marine quality. The ship, equipment, and fittings shall be designed and constructed in accordance with ASTM F1332, Standard Practice for Use of SI (Metric) Units in Maritime Applications to the maximum extent practicable. The Human Engineering principles of ASTM F1166, Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment and Facilities, shall be followed for design of controls and indicators and for interfaces with machinery and gear handling systems, handrails, stairs, ladders, and any other outfitting included in ASTM 1166.

Mission capability, safety, reliability, environmental compliance, maintainability, and operational efficiency shall be of top priority during the vessel design process. Primary mission capabilities are stern trawling, capabilities for direct sampling of fish and zooplankton over the stern and side station, acoustic survey capabilities, and the capability to launch and recover a small boat in the open sea, and the ability to launch and recover vehicles and equipment over the stern. Life cycle cost shall be minimized through efficient hull design, equipment selection and efficient space layouts. The working environment conditions for personnel onboard with regard to safety, noise levels, human engineering, and interior climate are of critical importance and shall be considered during the design and construction phases. The hull design and drop keel (if used) shall ensure good performance of the acoustic sensors. Considerations shall be made to minimize harmful emissions, both gas and liquid, from the vessel’s machinery and hull.

The ship shall be mission capable through Sea State 5, including sensor capability and any small boat launch and recovery operations. The ship shall be capable of navigational operation for survival through Sea State 8.

Operations will be conducted in coastal and deep ocean areas. This vessel shall have the capability to conduct nearshore and off-shore, shallow draft, trawl based at sea data collection activities and be capable of supporting charting and surveying missions.

The ship shall be designed to operate and meet scientific requirements continuously (24 hours per day, 7 days per week) during a 21 day at sea deployment without sustaining a system failure that cannot be corrected at sea, or that degrades scientific capabilities.

Stern trawling operations will require the use of installed trawl winches, net reel, gallows and trawl way and the main crane. Launch and recovery of scientific equipment requires use of main crane, Side Sampling Station equipment and a stern gantry, as well as installed hydrographic winches.

Operations require shipboard data processing and sample analyses in the laboratory spaces, using scientific instrumentation and the data processing network (Scientific Computer System).

Table 070-1. Mission Operating Profiles

On Station (< 4 knots)

10 days @ 10 knots

070.b Regulatory Body Requirements The ship shall be designed, constructed and classed for unrestricted service under ABS Marine Vessel Rules with the following notations: ✠A1, ✠AMS, Ⓔ, ✠ACCU, ✠DPS-1, Ice Class ID, SFA(40), HAB(WB), BWT, CRC, NIBS, LVDC-DIST, and UWILD. The ship shall be issued a Statement of Voluntary Compliance (SOVC) to demonstrate compliance with MARPOL ANNEX IV and that the sewage treatment plant is certified under the provisions of IMO Resolution MEPC.227(64). A Register of Lifting Appliances shall be obtained.

The ship shall be constructed and certificated in accordance with 46 CFR Subchapter U, Oceanographic Research Vessels, and shall comply with applicable federal regulations. The ship shall be issued a Certificate of Inspection (COI) by the USCG. The Alternate Compliance Program shall not be utilized.

The Contractor shall provide the materials, equipment and outfit items required for the ship to operate in compliance with Regulatory Body requirements.

The Summer Load Line assignment shall correspond to a displacement of not less than full load plus Service Life Allowance (SLA).

The Contractor shall obtain and provide Panama Special Tonnage Certificate, International Load Line Certificate, Suez Canal Special Tonnage Certificates, United States and International Certificates of Admeasurement (using both regulatory and registry tonnages), Deratting Exemption, Certificate of Sanitary Construction by the US Food and Drug Administration, certificates of compliance with MARPOL and the following SOLAS certificates:

1. Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate.

2. Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.

3. Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate.

The ship shall be designed, constructed, outfitted, and documented such that the Government can obtain a SOLAS Safety Management Certificate, Safety Management Plan, Vessel Security Plan, International Ship Security Certificate, International Safety Management Code Certificate, and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan.

The most stringent combined requirements for air emissions of state (all) and local (all) regulations shall also apply. Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificates and an International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate shall be provided to the Government.

Materials shall meet the requirements of SOLAS and IMO Resolution MSC.61(67) Adoption of The International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures (the FTP Code).

The ship shall be equipped to satisfy Panama Canal Transit Regulations.

The Contractor shall obtain and provide GMDSS certification for infrequent Sea Area A4 operation as described in Section 441.

Design and installation of electrical and electronic systems shall be in accordance with IEEE Standard 45, IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Installations on Shipboard, and with the requirements herein.

070.c Principal Characteristics 070.c.1 Draft The maximum navigational draft shall be no greater than 15 feet (4.5 m) (with any retractable appendages retracted) at the full load condition with SLA.

070.c.2 Speed, Range and Endurance At full load condition with SLA, the ship shall meet the speed requirements indicated in Table 070-2 at 85% MCR.

Table 070-2. Speed Requirements

The ship shall be capable of a minimum 5,500 nautical mile range at 10 knots through sea state 2 with headwinds at full load with SLA.

Endurance shall be at least 21 consecutive days.

Fuel rates shall be calculated in accordance with ISO 3046-1 and SNAME Technical and Research Bulletin 3-49, "Marine Diesel Power Plant Practices," using an assumed calorific value of 42,700 kilojoule/kilogram (kJ/kg). Fuel rates shall be calculated at full load with SLA in calm water, fair weather, and with a clean bottom.

Fuel capacity shall be provided for the most demanding of the operating profiles defined in Table 070-2. Fuel capacity required for each operating profile shall be calculated assuming calm water conditions. Fuel capacity shall be based on the 24-hour average electric load for each operating condition. The total fuel consumption shall be calculated based on the fuel rates associated with all fuel burning equipment and their expected operating periods. The required fuel load shall include a reserve fuel allowance of 10 percent. A tailpipe factor of 2.0 percent shall be applied to all tanks.

070.c.3 Zero Discharge Operations The ship shall be capable of zero-discharge operations for 7 days with the full complement onboard.

070.c.4 Propulsion The design shall consider the impacts on engine operation, maintenance and emissions, exhaust gas ingestion, water making capability, and other factors when on-station or moving at slow speeds for extended periods of time.

A LVDC electric distribution system shall be provided with an integrated diesel electric propulsion system. The prime movers shall permit continuous ship speed control from zero to maximum continuous ahead and astern speeds. The machinery control system shall maintain selected propulsor shaft speed within plus or minus 1 r/min under steady state conditions. The propulsion plant shall provide astern power as required by the regulatory bodies to meet maneuverability and station keeping requirements.

Diesel Fuel Marine, ASTM D975, Grade 2-D, S-15 shall be used by fuel burning equipment.

070.d Maneuverability Directional Stability - The ship shall be directionally stable at all speeds in all loading conditions. Directional stability shall be sufficient to meet maneuverability requirements while maximizing fuel economy.

Tactical Diameter - The ship shall be capable of achieving a tactical diameter of less than 3 ship lengths in either direction at trial speed, free route, at full load condition plus SLA in calm water, in fair weather with a clean bottom, without the use of the bow thruster with the centerboard (CB) (if applicable) extended.

The ship shall have the capability to rotate about midships at zero forward speed in seas up to 2.5 m significant wave height, in a 2.5 knot current and 30 knot wind with CB (if applicable) extended.

Low-Speed Maneuverability for Sampling and Retrieving Operations - The ship shall also be capable of turning 180 degrees to either direction within one ship length at 3 knots, in seas up to 2.5 m significant wave height, in a 2.5 knot current and 30 knot winds acting in the same direction with CB (if applicable) extended.

Zig Zag requirements - The average yaw overshoot angle from the second overshoot on shall be no more than ten degrees for a 10-10 zig-zag maneuver at all speeds at full load with CB (if applicable) extended.

Station Keeping for Sampling and Retrieving Operations – The ship shall be capable of maintaining a watch circle of one ship length diameter on best heading in 2.5 m significant wave height, 2 knot current, and 25 knot wind, with all environmental factors acting simultaneously, and with wind and waves from the same direction. The angle between the current and wind/waves may vary from 0 degrees to 180 degrees. The Bretschneider short crested spectrum shall be used, with modal periods of 7, 9, 11 and 13 seconds to be considered as a minimum with CB ?.

Precision Trackline - The ship and control systems shall have the ability to automatically and manually maintain track at a speed, through the water, between 3 knots and a speed corresponding to 100 percent MCR power in any direction over the bottom, in sea state 4 with a wind speed up to 30 knots and a current up to 2 knots, both from the same direction perpendicular to the trackline. The crab angle shall be considered the angle between the track and the centerline of the ship. The environmental angle shall be considered the angle between the track and the environment, such that when the environmental angle is zero, the environment is opposite the trackline heading. All ship speeds shall be speed through the water. A lateral trackline error shall not exceed +/- 10 meters. Precision trackline operations shall be performed with and without a tow and with CB (if applicable) retracted.

Slow Speed Trackline for Small Samplers and Towed Devices - The ship and control systems shall be capable of automatically and manually maintaining a trackline within 10 m with no restriction on crab angle at a speed of 1.0 knot, with a negligible towing resistance, in seas up to

2.5 m significant wave height, 3 knot current and 35 knot winds, for all environmental angles between 0 degrees and 180 degrees port and starboard with CB ?.

070.e Seakeeping The ship shall have an operability index of 1.0 through sea state five (2.5 m significant wave height).

Ship equipment and personnel are considered fully operable if the following criteria are met at full load displacement with SLA and at arrival without SLA:

1. Vertical accelerations less than 0.15 g (root mean squared (RMS)) at Main Deck amidships at deck edge.

2. Lateral accelerations less than 0.05 g (RMS) at Main Deck amidships at deck edge.

3. Roll less than 3 degrees (RMS)

4. Pitch less than 2 degrees (RMS) The ship shall be capable of launch and retrieval of rescue boats and Work Boat per Section 583.

A passive roll stabilization system shall be provided. The system shall be designed and sized to provide the required performance and effective stabilizing moments with the proper phase differences for all operating ship speeds from 0-Max speed. Section 565 provides additional requirements for the roll stabilization system.

Ship motions with respect to the design of structures shall be based on Section 100.c.

070.f Ship Arrangement and Spaces 070.f.1 General The ship shall be provided with properly equipped and outfitted enclosed and open spaces in order to allow the ship to accomplish all missions defined in Section 070.a. As a minimum, the spaces described in this section shall be provided.

Passage on the Main Deck, bow to stern, shall be unimpeded by weathertight or watertight doors, except that weathertight doors are permitted between interior and exterior spaces, and a watertight or weathertight door is permitted at the collision bulkhead. The vessel shall be designed with the bulkhead deck as the Main Deck aft of the collision bulkhead to permit this.

The Aft Working Deck and the Side Sampling Station shall be located on the same deck. Freeboard at the Aft Working Deck and the Side Sampling Station shall be as low as possible for safe launch and retrieval over-the-side/transom operations while also providing adequate freeboard and protection for safety of personnel on deck through Sea State 4 and meeting all regulatory requirements.

070.f.2 Accommodation Spaces For the purposes of this spec, accommodation areas also include service spaces such as mess rooms, laundry, and storerooms. Table 070-3 lists the requirements for the number of personnel that are in singles or doubles, and the minimum area requirement for the cabins.

Table 070-3 Berthing Space Requirements

Crew

Scientists

Total Crew and Scientists

Staterooms with permanent berthing and T/S shall be provided to accommodate the full complement of 35 personnel in accordance with Section 640.

The ship is exempted from the ABS HAB requirement for adjoining day rooms for Senior Officers.

Each Stateroom shall have an attached T&S Unit. No more than four (4) crew may share a single Sanitary Space which is attached to up to two Staterooms.

Complement related facilities, services, lifesaving equipment, stores, and functions shall be based on a full complement of 35 persons.

070.f.3 Deck Heads At least one public sanitary space (deck head) shall be located per deck on the Main Deck and above. A deck head shall be located in the vicinity of the working areas (laboratories and Aft Working Deck), on the same deck, and accessible without the need to enter the weather. A deck head shall be provided on the Bridge Deck. A deck head shall be provided on the same deck and immediately aft of the galley and messroom. A deck head shall be provided on the same deck and immediately adjacent to the MCS.

Deck head spaces shall be outfitted as specified in Section 644.

070.f.4 Recreation / Leisure Facilities A Lounge and a Gym shall be provided. Each space shall be outfitted as specified in Section 645. The Lounge will also serve as a conference room onboard the vessel. The Lounge may be co-located and combined with the Messroom, as specified in Section 645.

070.f.5 Food Service Spaces The following food service spaces, outfitted as specified in Section 651, shall be provided:

1. Galley. The Galley shall include scullery facilities.

2. Messroom shall include the serving line and have immediate access to the Galley.

070.f.6 Medical Space A medical space with a Sanitary Space (T&S Unit) immediately accessible shall be provided, outfitted in accordance with Section 652.

070.f.7 Utility Spaces The following utility spaces shall be provided:

1. Trash Room , equipped as specified in Section 593

2. Incinerator Room, equipped as specified in Section 593

3. Laundry Room outfitted as specified in Section 655 The Trash Room and Incinerator Room shall be placed adjacent to each other.

The Laundry Room may be separated into multiple smaller Laundry facilities, each located on the same deck as Staterooms. The total outfitting requirement as defined in Section 655 must be met.

Additional utility spaces, such as fan rooms, vent trunks, refrigeration machinery spaces, battery locker, sewage treatment room, and fixed fire fighting equipment rooms, shall be provided as necessary to meet the requirements of this SOR.

070.f.8 Offices A Ship’s Office shall be provided and outfitted as specified in Section 661.

070.f.9 Machinery Control Station A Machinery Control Station shall have immediate access to the Main Machinery Room, and the space(s) containing the propulsion electric switchgear, converters, transformers and associated electric propulsion equipment, and shall be provided and outfitted as specified in Section 662.

070.f.10 Pilot House, Chart Area, and Aft Conning Station The Pilot House, Chart Area, and Aft Conning Station (ACOS) shall be provided and outfitted in accordance with Section 663. Ship control stations in the Pilot House shall be located at the Ship Control Console (SCC), with secondary stations at the port and starboard bridge wing control stations, and at the ACOS located centerline in the aft part of the bridge with clear visibility of back deck and fishing operations..

The Pilot House shall be located and arranged to ensure the following minimum visibility requirements:

1. The SCC will be located on the centerline of the ship, with a centerline window directly forward of the helm station, there will be clear visibility of the horizon on both the port and starboard sides from dead ahead to at least 22-½ degrees aft of the beam on each side as well as visibility of the horizon directly aft while standing at the SCC.

2. 360 degree visibility of the horizon to an observer free to move within the Bridge in an area bounded by lines 3000mm either side of the centerline.

3. The port and starboard bridge wings with control stations shall be located to permit unobstructed visibility from ahead to astern with a view of the waterline while standing at the control console from the bow to the stern.