The Navy intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed-price contract to Loggerhead Instruments for the design, fabrication, integration, and delivery of a cryophone (“cPhone”) instrument for deployment in the Arctic ice sheet. The system must provide 4-channel recording up to 48 kHz, operation at -50°F, 12-month endurance, local raw-data storage, onboard statistical and Fourier analysis, daily Iridium relay, and flotation for marginal ice zone deployment. The Government considers Loggerhead Instruments the only responsible source because the required cPhone is an adaptation of a recently completed, validated system, avoiding substantial duplicative engineering and schedule risk. Delivery is required by 1 January 2027 to support a planned February/March 2027 Arctic field experiment in the Beaufort Sea. Interested parties may submit capability statements to demonstrate they can meet the requirement, which will inform whether the acquisition remains sole-source or becomes competitive.

The Navy intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed-price contract to Loggerhead Instruments for the design, fabrication, integration, and delivery of a cryophone instrument for Arctic research. The instrument must meet strict performance criteria including 4-channel recording at up to 96 kHz sampling, 1 Hz–48 kHz bandwidth, 10 volts/g sensitivity, operation at -50°F, 12-month endurance, onboard data analysis, daily Iridium telemetry, and flotation for marginal ice zone deployment. The government considers Loggerhead the only responsible source due to their recent work on a similar system, avoiding duplicative engineering and unacceptable schedule risk. Delivery is required by 1 January 2027 to support a planned February/March 2027 Arctic field experiment in the Beaufort Sea. Interested parties may submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet the requirement, with submissions limited to six pages.