Long Range Omni-Directional Fisheries Sonar

Tender description

The Marine Institute wishes to invite Applicants to submit a tender under an Open Procedure for the following: Supply of Long Range Omni directional scientific fisheries sonar including transducer, cabling, topside equipment, operating software and all other requirements as laid out in the tender document. Ocean Science Services, a service area of the Marine Institute, is comprised of three sections: (A) Research Vessel Operations (RVOps), responsible for the management of the Research Vessels Celtic Explorer and Celtic Voyager. (B) Advanced Mapping Services (AMS) providing the operational facilities, personnel and skills to support the national resource mapping project, INFOMAR being undertaken in partnership with the Geological Survey of Ireland and (C) Oceanographic Services, providing comprehensive oceanographic services underpinning many national programmes. The Celtic Explorer is operated by the RVops section and is made available to internal and external users. Internal users include the Fisheries Ecosystems and advisory section (FEAS) and they utilse the Celtic Explorer for 84 days acoustic fisheries surveys per year . A scientific fisheries omni directional sonar is a key requirement for these surveys and a replacement unit for the existing SP270 unit which has been in the vessel since build is required.