Aris 3000

Special Notice Number: SWFSC-19-SN03
Agency: Department of Commerce
Office: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), Fisheries Ecology Division, intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), to Ocean Marine Industries, the exclusive distributor for the ARIS 3000 submersible sonar camera manufactured by Sound Metrics Corporation. Sound Metrics Corporation holds exclusive proprietary rights to manufacture and produce the technology for the sonar camera.

The sole source determination is based on National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) requirement for the ARIS 3000, a portable multi-beam adaptive high-resolution imaging sonar camera that is submersible (up to 300 meters), and can operate at two different frequencies, both 3 and 1.8 MHz, with over 120 beams at 3 MHz, and has custom values set for all sampling parameters. The sonar camera is used for ensonifying underwater environments with the intention of counting and measuring small fish (.