National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Midwestern Regional Weather Records Center (MRWRC)
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The contract involves the operation of the Midwestern Regional Weather Records Center (MRWRC), a component of the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The MRWRC is tasked with serving the Midwestern region, including states such as Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio. The contractor must be physically located within this region and provide tailored environmental data products and services derived from NOAA’s vast collection of satellite, radar, and other environmental data, with the goal of supporting users across public and private sectors in understanding and managing long-term weather variability and its impacts. The scope of work includes extensive regional engagement to identify and prioritize user needs, the development and adaptation of relevant products and tools, and the transition of these offerings into sustained operational capabilities within NCEI. The MRWRC supports NOAA’s broader environmental information mission by bridging national data resources with regional applications focused on resilience and economic or environmental decision-making. The contract’s administration is managed by the Department of Commerce, with performance occurring in Asheville, North Carolina, and includes deadlines for response submission by mid-June 2026. Key contact personnel are provided to facilitate communication regarding the solicitation and contract execution.
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6/9/2026 - Amendment 0001 attachments and Responses to RFP Questions and Comments are posted. Proposal due date extended to June 26, 2026.
1. 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 collection database tool.
- Transitioning appropriate tools, products, and services to sustained NCEI operational states, in which the MRWRC will plan and execute transition projects that result in new or upgraded NCEI operational software, systems, products, services, and other capabilities.
- Services in which the MRWRC will sustain activities supporting their mission of the provision of products and services as well as other NCEI regional and national needs.