Biosonics, Inc.

Biosonics, Inc., a Seattle-based for-profit manufacturer of scientific hydroacoustic equipment, operates as a prime contractor selling echo sounders, split-beam digital transducers, autonomous echosounder systems, and calibration services to federal agencies. The vendor competes across both full-and-open and small-business set-aside procurement channels, with total small business set-asides appearing on roughly one-third of recent awards; the company holds no SBA certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB) and does not subcontract federal work.

Biosonics' capability footprint centers on underwater acoustic monitoring and hydroacoustic instrumentation for hydrologic surveys, fish population assessment, and water resource management. Representative work includes a $102,109 total small business purchase order from the U.S. Geological Survey (July 2026) for an autonomous echo sounder surface unit with dual 200 kHz transducers and mechanical rotator; an $87,856 small-business purchase order from the Fish and Wildlife Service (August 2023) supplying echo sounders, digital transducers, GPS sensors, and Echoview software to support Asian Carp stock assessment in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers; and a $63,853 delivery order under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule to the Bureau of Reclamation (August 2022) for a scientific echosounder supporting water resource and hydroelectric management.

Customer concentration clusters heavily within the Department of the Interior ecosystem. The top five funding entities account for 50% of award volume, anchored by USGS's Office of Acquisitions and Grants (30 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value), the Army Corps of Engineers (26 awards, $14 thousand combined potential value), the Army (18 awards), NOAA (15 awards, $328 thousand combined potential value), and Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (14 awards, $912 thousand combined potential value). By potential value, the rankings shift: GSA Federal Acquisition Service (which administers the company's Multiple Award Schedule contract) dominates at $6.4 million across two awards (the MAS vehicle itself valued at $5.49 million through April 2027), followed by USGS, Fish and Wildlife, and DHS Science and Technology Directorate.

Biosonics holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract (Contract #47QSWA22D003W, $5.49 million ceiling, awarded April 30, 2022, running through April 29, 2027) that accounts for the bulk of vehicle-based work — 72 task orders carrying $2.6 million in combined potential value. The company also sits on several Army Corps of Engineers indefinite delivery contracts (DACW5796D0005 with 8 task orders; DACW3984C0049, DACW4184C0151, and DACW6885C0031 with 2 task orders each), which support waterway and infrastructure management work. Task orders under the MAS vehicle have been issued by the Interior Department (Bureau of Reclamation, USGS, National Park Service), the Army Corps of Engineers, and NOAA for equipment delivery and field support across domestic locations including Seattle, La Crosse, Portland, and Crater Lake.

Award activity has been sparse in recent years — four awards in 2022, six in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting a mature, stable customer base rather than growth trajectory. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award (combined potential value $102 thousand) faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The vendor's 207 prime awards over the source window reflect a long operational history (first award dated May 1984) concentrated in underwater acoustic instrumentation (77 awards under NAICS 333900-series process instrumentation; 39 awards under PSC Underwater Sound Equipment), with secondary exposure in fisheries analysis and IT software delivery. No subcontract footprint exists in the source data.

Scientific Echo Sounders for data collection, analysis, asessment of aquatic & marine environments. Fish & behavior, suberged vegetation, bottom characteristics, bathymetry. Equipment manufacturing and consulting for aquatic and marine habitats.