Charter vessel for Pacific oceanographic science missions replacing CCGS John P. Tully.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) seeks to charter a suitable vessel with competent crew to replace the CCGS John P. Tully for offshore oceanographic science missions in the Northeast Pacific. The vessel will serve as a floating research platform for DFO scientists, operating from the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, British Columbia. The charter must support collection of critical oceanographic, biological, and ecosystem data for evidence-based marine resource management. The contract is for a research vessel service with crew, likely multi-year given the replacement nature. No specific qualifications or set-asides are mentioned, but experience with oceanographic missions is implied.