Description
The Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk (FLCN) is seeking information on qualified and experienced sources for planning purposes to provide air-rigged or air/surface-deployable profiling floats Unmanned Vehicles in support of meteorological and oceanographic operations globally. The contractor shall provide unmanned vehicles that have at a minimum the capability to collect ocean temperature and pressure data.
Some key points to consider:
• The unmanned vehicles should have a shelf life standard of eighteen months before requiring battery pack replacement or sensor recalibrations.
• Optionally, unmanned vehicles capable of including other sensor configurations for conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD), transmissivity, bioluminescence, currents, and wave spectra are considered a benefit to the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) mission set.
• Deployment capabilities are vessel and air deployable.
• The Ordering period is estimated to commence on or around 01 October 2026 and is anticipated to consist of one (1) 24-month base contract.