The Department of National Defence (DND) has identified a requirement to modernize and transition the current Halifax Ship Class Underwater Warfare (UWW) sensor suite and processing systems to improve the class's overall maritime combat capability.
The objective of this Price & Availability (P&A) request is to:
- advise industry of this requirement and provide industry with general and draft technical information on the UWSU project;
- provide industry with a preliminary set of high level specifications, deliverables, schedule, and project scope
information;
- enable Canada to engage industry and obtain information regarding UWSU technology, including detailed, indicative, non-binding cost information for project planning purposes; and
- enable Canada to better evaluate and progress towards a possible UWSU acquisition along with associated ILS requirements.
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Note that at this time, there is no firm requirement for procurement.
This P&A is neither a call for tender nor a Request for Proposal (RFP), and no agreement or contract for the procurement of the equipment stated above will be entered into solely as a result of this P&A.
There will be no short-listing of vendors for the purposes of undertaking any future work, as a result of this P&A. Similarly, participation in this P&A is not a condition or prerequisite for the participation to any RFP ....
