NAVI-SAILOR 5000 MOTORIZED CHART DISPLAY AND PLANNING TABLE

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis for a Navi-Sailor 5000 Motorized Chart Display and Planning Table. The system is an interactive training tool that provides users with a flexible teaching and demonstration tool, with hands-on experience using modern navigation equipment. The Navi-Sailor 5000 is engineered specifically to offer what mariners require: hands-on, interactive engagement with an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS). The system processes intricate ENCs developed by NOAA/MCD and is capable of displaying them in accordance with the IHO S-100 standard. • The system provides essential practical experience, enabling cartographers to make informed decisions throughout the ENC production process. • It creates a simulated environment of ship bridge operations, ensuring that the electronic navigational charts (ENCs) being produced are optimized for the actual hardware and software utilized by mariners at sea. • The system's expanded dimensions and table-based display configuration allow cartographers to perform more effective quality assurance on draft ENCs before they are released to the public. • It provides a flexible, hands-on teaching and demonstration tool that allows ENC cartographers to display, validate, and understand the exact interface mariners encounter on SOLAS vessels.