Heading, attitude and positioning integrated miniMRU & Seapath 380 for multibeam echosounder

\n\n| Department Office/Division/Program: | Marine Resources/Governor's Energy Office\n\nDepartment Contract Administrator or\nGrant Coordinator:\n\n(If applicable) Department Reference\n#:\n\nJesse Minor/Amanda Webb\n\nA\n\nAmount:\n(Contrac/Amendment/Grant) $ 56,362.63\n\nCONTRACT | Proposed Start Date: | 4/1/2024 Proposed End Date: | 6/30/2024\n\nOromalStanDte | EieieDbte: D\u2014 |\n| AMENDMENT | Grevious EndDate | | NewEndBate:| |\n\nProject Start Date: GrantSatDte |\nProject End Date: GrantEndDate: | \u2014\n\nVendor/Provider/Grantee Name, | Kongsberg Underwater Technology LLC, Lynnwood,\nCity, State: | Washington\n\nBrief Description of | Heading, attitude and positioning system (integrated\n\nGoods/Services/Grant: | miniMRU & Seapath 380) for multibeam echosounder\n\nAdvantage CT /RQS#\n\nPART Il: JUSTIFICATION FOR VENDOR SELECTION\nCheck the box below for the justification(s) that applies to this request. (Check all that apply.)\n\nU A. Competitive Process 0] G. Grant\n\n3 |

8 Amenament | m| A SieSinsf\u00e4genspDrern\n4 | 6. Single Sowmenimguevender | C1| 1. Fodeal\u00e4geneyDieien\nD. Proprietary/Copyright/Patents 0 | 3. Wiling and Qualiied\n38 Emenme a] eomcne |\n\n| OD Re University Cooperative Project 0 | 1. Otnerautorizin\n\nREV 4/4/2023 Page 1 0f3\n\n" "Procurement Justification Form (PJF)\n\nPART Ill: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION\n\n| 1. Provide a more detailed description and explain the need for the goods, services or grant to\nI supplement the response in Part |.\n\nThe Maine Coastal Mapping Initiative requires an additional hydrographic survey system\n\nto accomplish high-resolution mapping of the seafloor funded by a MOU with the\nGovernor\u2019s Energy Office. This sonar system and associated equipment will be mounted\non contracted vessels to rapidiy expand the area mapped by MCMI and DMR. High-\nresolution mapping is critically important for gaining greater understanding of benthic\nhabitats, geologic history, and seafloor composition which has wide ranging implications\nfor fisheries, navigation, and offshore energy efforts, among others. Data collected by the\nprogram meets or exceeds federal and international standards and is shared with state\nand federal partners for open access and updating national products. The program's\nsystems are aligned with US Navy, NOAA, and international specifications, which allows\nfor wide-ranging applications of data collected and collaboration with partners worldwide.\nThe new sonar system must meet these same requirements and capabilities for\nalignment with our partners. This equipment is paired with the MBES system quoted\nseparately and provides real-time GPS locations and accounts for vessel movement for\n\n| data correction and quality control.\n\n|\n|\n\n2. Provide a brief justification for the selected vendor to supplement the response in Part Il.\nReference the RFP number, if applicable. |\n' The Maine Coastal Mapping Initiative requires a heading, attitude, and positioning system that\nmeets very strict specifications defined by federal and international organizations to collect high-\nresolution bathymetric data. The Seapath 380 system and MRU provides accuracies necessary for\nthe program to collect bathymetric data to the standards outlined by these organizations, and it\nincludes proprietary algorithms and implements many processing best-practices that no other\nmanufacturer can meet. Furthermore, Kongsberg is the only manufacturer with a system that is\nboth compatible with the program\u2019s newiy upgraded multibeam echosounder and the existing older\nsystem. Compatibility is an important consideration as alternative options would incur significant\ncosts to the program and would not have any guarantee of integrating properiy. The heading,\nattitude, and positioning system quoted requires the least amount of time and expenditure to refit or\nappend this system into the program\u2019s current workflow as other options are not directly\ncompatible. Troubleshooting future system issues would be further complicated with another\nmanufacturer, as manufacturer guarantees do not extend to units built by other providers and cost\nto diagnose issues would increase if another unit were selected.\n\nThe Kongsberg system is determined to be the industry standard for the scope of work being done\nand its applications both internally and with federal and international partners. Identical systems are\nin use by NOAA and US Navy partners, with whom MCMI data are shared for national products.\nFurthermore, the datagrams and outputs from this system can be readily shared with academic\ninstitutions and international partners due to the widespread standardized use of the given systems.\nThe seamless integration of the data the program collects into applications with federal, state, and\ninternational partners is critical as derivative products can be generated from cohesive datasets\nwith consistency that can be widely applicable versus discrete incomp