Underway Profiling System

Solicitation Number:141009-26-0083

Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis

TITLE: Underway Profiling System

Response Date: 07/28/2026

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is not a presolicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified U.S Domestic businesses, which could include Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran owned, Women owned Small Business firms and even large businesses. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the Government in making appropriate acquisition decisions.

The NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS) Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping (COE) requires a highly portable, space-saving underway profiling suite for use on small survey craft and vessels of opportunity.

BACKGROUND:

The Center of Excellence (COE) requires a fully integrated, turnkey, highly portable, and rapidly deployable underway profiling system to directly support the education and training of the hydrographic workforce. This turnkey system must provide a complete, out-of-the-box solution that allows personnel to rapidly mobilize and configure a Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) for continuous water column data collection. This hands-on capability is critical for developing operational proficiency and maintaining instructional readiness in modern hydrographic survey techniques. Furthermore, this must be a fully functional, practical, and usable system for surveyors, ensuring that personnel receive realistic, industry-standard experience with underway profiling equipment.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

The operational requirements for this system are:

• It must include all required components to mobilize on a typical vessel-of-opportunity (winch, davit, control box, logging instrument, sensors, and software).
• The system must be highly portable and capable of being deployed by a small team, specifically tailored for instructional environments and use on smaller survey vessels.
• The resulting data must meet or exceed NOAA’s highest hydrographic quality specification (“Exceptional”) as outlined in the Hydrographic Surveys Specifications and Deliverables.
• System mobilization, from packaged to deployed on a typical vessel-of-opportunity, must be achievable in a rapid timeframe by a practiced team with common hand tools.
• The system must be delivered “turn-key” and ready for deployment.
• (Qty - 1) Underway Profiling System. Includes Davit, Winch, Control Box and Software, and Spares Kit.
• (Qty - 1) 3 Port Logging Instrument Package, 500 m. Shallow water profiler with integrated WiFi and Real-Time serial output via Subconn connector. Internal battery recharges via USB. Includes Pelican case and midsize cage optimized for CTD, CTDSV or similar configuration.
• (Qty - 1) X2change™ Sensor: Conductivity & Temperature, 0-90 mS/cm with Initial Accuracy +/- 0.01 mS/cm, -5-45°C with Initial Accuracy +/- 0.005°C.
• (Qty - 1) X2change™ Sensor: Pressure, 0-500 dBar.
• (Qty - 1) X2change™ Sensor: Sound Velocity, 1375-1625 m/s.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Deliver by December 31, 2026. Earlier delivery preferred and accepted to Durham, NH

The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 334511 with a size standard of 1,350 employees.

Interested firms shall provide, in writing, a brief narrative (no more than 3 pages in length) and documentation to support your firm's capability and experience meeting the requirements herein and include your firm's name, address, point of contact, telephone number, UEID Number, CCR Cage Number, business type and size, i.e., small, large, non-profit, educational, and so forth. Any response that does not include this information will not be considered. The Government will review your response to determine if your firm has the experience, knowledge and capability to provide the items as specified above.

This request for information does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. Nor does this request for information constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise that any procurement action that may be issued for the Government's requirements.

No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise because of the submission of contractor's information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations.

All contractors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM).

NOTE: THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded based on responses received to this notice.

Detailed information must be submitted by email to Michelle Walton at michelle.walton@noaa.gov by 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Questions of any nature must be addressed in writing as TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE HONORED.