• NESDIS requires support for managing the acquisition and management of environmental satellite data through Regional Weather Records Centers (RWRCs).
• Acquisition is set aside for small businesses under NAICS 541990 (Other Services Related to Specified Information Regeneration Systems & Other Information Processing Equipment).
• Support extends over the geographic region including Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio.
• Responses are due October 13, 2022.
Description
Introduction and Background The mission of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is to provide and ensure timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life. NESDIS acquires and manages the Nation's operational environmental satellites, provides data and information services to numerous end users, and conducts related research. Since 1990, NCEI's RCS program has traditionally supported Regional Weather Records Centers (RWRCs) established at Public Universities within six geographic regions. For more than forty years, Regional Centers have produced and delivered environmental data, products, information, and services – hereafter collectively termed “products and services” – and captured user needs. By transforming, tailoring, and augmenting NCEI's products and services, the RWRCs provide a bridge between NCEI and regional user communities, including the private sector. The RWRCs support NOAA's mission to advance understanding of long-term weather variability and impacts through user engagement and the translation of data into usable products and services for decision makers. 2. Scope of Work A. Geographic Scope This contract is for the Midwestern Regional Weather Records Center (MRWRC), which is composed of KY, IN, MI, IL, WI, MO, IA, MN, and OH. The contractor providing the MRWRC capability to a region shall be physically located within the region and must serve all states, territories, and U.S.-affiliated islands in the region. An RWRC with unique capabilities may work with other RWRCs to meet user needs beyond its immediate region. B. Program Scope The MRWRC shall provide products and services to address regional weather records needs and issues in the context of NCEI's broader environmental information responsibilities. This will include leveraging NOAA's capabilities and expertise by transforming its satellite, in situ, radar, and paleoclimate data and products into regionally-tailored products and services, as appropriate, that meet the needs of users and partners and promote resilience and prosperity. The MRWRC will focus their work in four broad areas: Regional engagement and user needs identification, in which the MRWRC will engage with industry, economic and environmental sectors, and public sector constituencies throughout each region to understand their long-term weather-related issues, needs, awareness, and capabilities. Needs prioritization and product and tool provision, in which the MRWRC will adapt or develop, test, and sustain tools, products, and services meeting user requirements. To this end, they will support NCEI in the collection, understanding, adjudication and translation of user needs to requirements for future products and/or product modifications through regular contributions to NCEI's requirements c…
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