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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. 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NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 334511. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT AML OCEANOGRAPHIC LTD IS THE MANUFACTURER AND SOLE PROVIDER OF THE MVP ROAM UNDERWAY PROFILING SYSTEM. AML OCEANOGRAPHIC LTD DOES NOT HAVE ANY MVP-ROAM AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR RESELLERS. THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE) WILL USE THIS TURNKEY SYSTEM TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC WORKFORCE AND ITS EXTERNAL PARTNERS. MOVING VESSEL PROFILERS ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF MODERN HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING, ALLOWING FOR DENSE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL WATER COLUMN SAMPLING WITHOUT BREAKING A SURVEY LINE. THIS HANDS-ON CAPABILITY ENSURES THAT PERSONNEL LEARN HOW TO COLLECT CONTINUOUS SOUND VELOCITY DATA, WHICH IS STRICTLY ESSENTIAL FOR ACCURATE MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY CORRECTIONS. THE AML OCEANOGRAPHIC MVP-ROAM SYSTEM FEATURES UPCOMING, NEXT-GENERATION UNDERWAY PROFILING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT IN ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. ACQUIRING THIS SPECIFIC BRAND SETS NOAA UP AS GLOBAL LEADERS, FULFILLING A CORE COE PILLAR TO THOROUGHLY TEST, VET, AND ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL WORKFLOWS FOR NOVEL MARITIME SENSORS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE WIDER INDUSTRY. CRUCIALLY, THE MVP-ROAM IS EXPLICITLY ENGINEERED TO TAKE UP CONSIDERABLY LESS PHYSICAL DECK SPACE THAN ANY OTHER PROFILING SYSTEM AVAILABLE, MAKING IT THE ONLY UNDERWAY PROFILING PRODUCT CAPABLE OF EXTREME PORTABILITY. THIS ULTRA-COMPACT FOOTPRINT IS REQUIRED TO FIT EASILY ON COE'S FUTURE PLATFORMS AND SMALL VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY (VOOS) WHERE SPACE IS HEAVILY CONSTRAINED. A \"BRAND NAME OR EQUAL\" DESCRIPTION CANNOT BE UTILIZED BECAUSE ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS ARE HEAVY, LARGE, PERMANENTLY BOLTED, AND COMPLETELY UNSUITED FOR RAPID HAND-PORTABLE DEPLOYMENT BY A SMALL TEAM. SHIFTING AWAY FROM AML WOULD ELIMINATE THE DIRECT TECHNICAL R&D COLLABORATION AND SETUP SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE VENDOR. THE MVP-ROAM SYSTEM SERVES AS THE INTEGRAL TECHNICAL LINK REQUIRED TO TIE TOGETHER ALL THE OTHER AML INSTRUMENTS BEING PROCURED UNDER SEPARATE COE ACTIONS (SUCH AS THE AML STATIC CTD PROBE SYSTEMS). BY UTILIZING THE EXACT SAME PATENTED XCHANGE™ FIELD-SWAPPABLE SENSOR HEADS, WIRELESS WIFI DATA TRANSFER PROTOCOLS, AND SAILFISH SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE ACROSS ALL PROFILING PLATFORMS, THE COE ESTABLISHES A UNIFIED, SEAMLESS EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM. THIS COMPLETE CROSS-COMPATIBILITY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EFFORTLESSLY SWAP SENSOR PAYLOADS BETWEEN STATIC AND UNDERWAY DEVICES IN THE FIELD ON-DEMAND. INTRODUCING AN ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURER'S WINCH/DAVIT ARCHITECTURE WOULD BREAK THIS HARDWARE INTEGRATION, SPLIT SOFTWARE WORKFLOWS, AND REQUIRE ENTIRELY SEPARATE, REDUNDANT TRAINING MODULES AML OCEANOGRAPHIC’S, MVP-ROAM IS THE ONLY MOVING VESSEL PROFILER ON THE MARKET BUILT TO THESE HIGHLY COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND HAND-PORTABLE DIMENSIONS. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS PRODUCING UNDERWAY PROFILING HARDWARE OF THIS CLASS, AML OCEANOGRAPHIC IS THE SINGLE CAPABLE SOURCE TO FULFILL THIS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT. EXTENSIVE MARKET RESEARCH INTO THE AVAILABILITY OF COMPACT, MOBILE UNDERWAY PROFILING SYSTEMS WAS CONDUCTED. MARKET RESEARCH CONCLUSIVELY VERIFIED THAT AML OCEANOGRAPHIC IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF MOVING VESSEL PROFILER TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE. NO COMPETITOR OR ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURER PRODUCES A PRODUCT THAT CAN MINIMIZE DECK SPACE, ACHIEVE RAPID HAND-PORTABLE MOBILIZATION, OR PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM OF FIELD-SWAPPABLE SENSOR PAYLOADS. WHILE LARGER, VESSEL-BOUND PROFILING WINCHES EXIST IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET, THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR LARGE HYDROGRAPHIC SHIPS AND COMPLETELY FAIL TO MEET THE COE'S REQUIREMENT FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT TOOL DEPLOYABLE FROM SMALL TRAINING CRAFT AND PLATFORMS. BECAUSE THE TRAINING CENTER IS INTENTIONALLY STRUCTURING ITS CONTINUOUS DATA COLLECTION CURRICULUM AROUND EXISTING COMPATIBLE SENSORS, THE MVP-ROAM FITS UNIQUELY INTO THIS PLANNED WORKFLOW WITHOUT REQUIRING COSTLY, THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE INTEGRATION. DELIVERY WITHIN 120 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD ***THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION OR A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. SUCH REQUESTS AND DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. 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NO SET ASIDE IS TO BE USED FOR THIS SOLE SOURCE REQUIREMENT. THE ASSOCIATED NAICS CODE IS 334511. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT AML OCEANOGRAPHIC LTD IS THE MANUFACTURER AND SOLE PROVIDER OF THE MVP ROAM UNDERWAY PROFILING SYSTEM. AML OCEANOGRAPHIC LTD DOES NOT HAVE ANY MVP-ROAM AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR RESELLERS. THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE) WILL USE THIS TURNKEY SYSTEM TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC WORKFORCE AND ITS EXTERNAL PARTNERS. MOVING VESSEL PROFILERS ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF MODERN HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING, ALLOWING FOR DENSE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL WATER COLUMN SAMPLING WITHOUT BREAKING A SURVEY LINE. THIS HANDS-ON CAPABILITY ENSURES THAT PERSONNEL LEARN HOW TO COLLECT CONTINUOUS SOUND VELOCITY DATA, WHICH IS STRICTLY ESSENTIAL FOR ACCURATE MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY CORRECTIONS. THE AML OCEANOGRAPHIC MVP-ROAM SYSTEM FEATURES UPCOMING, NEXT-GENERATION UNDERWAY PROFILING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT IN ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. ACQUIRING THIS SPECIFIC BRAND SETS NOAA UP AS GLOBAL LEADERS, FULFILLING A CORE COE PILLAR TO THOROUGHLY TEST, VET, AND ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL WORKFLOWS FOR NOVEL MARITIME SENSORS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE WIDER INDUSTRY. CRUCIALLY, THE MVP-ROAM IS EXPLICITLY ENGINEERED TO TAKE UP CONSIDERABLY LESS PHYSICAL DECK SPACE THAN ANY OTHER PROFILING SYSTEM AVAILABLE, MAKING IT THE ONLY UNDERWAY PROFILING PRODUCT CAPABLE OF EXTREME PORTABILITY. THIS ULTRA-COMPACT FOOTPRINT IS REQUIRED TO FIT EASILY ON COE'S FUTURE PLATFORMS AND SMALL VESSELS OF OPPORTUNITY (VOOS) WHERE SPACE IS HEAVILY CONSTRAINED. A \"BRAND NAME OR EQUAL\" DESCRIPTION CANNOT BE UTILIZED BECAUSE ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS ARE HEAVY, LARGE, PERMANENTLY BOLTED, AND COMPLETELY UNSUITED FOR RAPID HAND-PORTABLE DEPLOYMENT BY A SMALL TEAM. 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INTRODUCING AN ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURER'S WINCH/DAVIT ARCHITECTURE WOULD BREAK THIS HARDWARE INTEGRATION, SPLIT SOFTWARE WORKFLOWS, AND REQUIRE ENTIRELY SEPARATE, REDUNDANT TRAINING MODULES AML OCEANOGRAPHIC’S, MVP-ROAM IS THE ONLY MOVING VESSEL PROFILER ON THE MARKET BUILT TO THESE HIGHLY COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND HAND-PORTABLE DIMENSIONS. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS PRODUCING UNDERWAY PROFILING HARDWARE OF THIS CLASS, AML OCEANOGRAPHIC IS THE SINGLE CAPABLE SOURCE TO FULFILL THIS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT. EXTENSIVE MARKET RESEARCH INTO THE AVAILABILITY OF COMPACT, MOBILE UNDERWAY PROFILING SYSTEMS WAS CONDUCTED. MARKET RESEARCH CONCLUSIVELY VERIFIED THAT AML OCEANOGRAPHIC IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF MOVING VESSEL PROFILER TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE. NO COMPETITOR OR ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURER PRODUCES A PRODUCT THAT CAN MINIMIZE DECK SPACE, ACHIEVE RAPID HAND-PORTABLE MOBILIZATION, OR PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM OF FIELD-SWAPPABLE SENSOR PAYLOADS. 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