Supply, Deployment, and Translation of Hydrophones for Underwater Acoustic Facility
Details
| Contract Title: | Supply, Deployment, and Translation of Hydrophones for Underwater Acoustic Facility |
| Published Date: | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Notice Type: | Notice (PriorInformationNotice) |
| Value Banding: | High Value |
| Delivery Point: | United Kingdom |
Description:
NPL is seeking a solution for the deployment and translation of a set of hydrophones into an underwater acoustic facility. The facility is an underwater acoustic calibration tank consisting of a large wooden vessel (5.5m in diameter and 5m deep) filled with potable water. The calibration activities will be performed with either 2 or 3 hydrophones deployed at the mid-depth point of the vessel. The hydrophones are mounted at the end of carbon fibre poles of minimum size to avoid acoustic reflecti...