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National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Southeast Regional Weather Records Center (SERWRC)
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The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is seeking a single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Southeast Regional Weather Records Center (SERWRC), covering Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The contractor must be physically located within this region and serve as a bridge between NCEI and regional stakeholders, including the private sector, to translate environmental data from satellites, in situ, radar, and paleoclimate sources into tailored products and services that enhance regional resilience and decision-making. The primary mission involves four core areas: engaging with regional users to identify needs, prioritizing and developing tools and services to meet those needs, transitioning successful innovations into sustained NCEI operational capabilities, and maintaining ongoing services that support both regional and national objectives. The contract includes a guaranteed minimum task order valued at $250,000, with a base ordering period from September 17, 2026, through September 16, 2031, and a hard cutoff on deliveries by September 16, 2032. Task orders will be executed under a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) structure, with all deliverables defined at the task order level and subject to specific performance work statements and quality assurance standards. Proposals must be submitted in four distinct volumes: a written business proposal, an oral technical presentation, a written past performance submission, and a written price proposal, with the final deadline extended to June 26, 2026, at 1:00 PM EDT. The evaluation is a best-value determination where non-price technical factors—experience, technical approach, key personnel, and past performance—are of equal importance and significantly outweigh price, which is evaluated but not scored. The Director role is the only required key personnel, equivalent to Executive Management 1, though additional roles may be proposed. Offerors must comply with stringent security protocols, including Moderate Risk personnel screening, restrictions on foreign national access, and adherence to CAR clauses on data handling, conflict of interest, and IT security. A Quality Control Plan (QCP) is mandatory to ensure consistent delivery of timely, high-quality outputs, supported by a government-developed Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) that includes partner feedback, monthly director meetings, and random monitoring. All deliverables must be marked with the contract number and contractor name, packaged to commercial standards, and submitted electronically as PDF
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Asheville, NC, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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6/22/2026 - Amendment 0003 provides additional clarification to the proposal preparation General Instructions. Please refer to the SF30 for additional details.
6/17/2026 - Amendment 0002 revises Section L and Section M of the RFP. Please see the SF30 continuation page for the list of changes.
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 Southeast Regional Weather Records Center (SERWRC), which is composed of: VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL, Puerto Rico (PR), and US Virgin Islands (USVI).
The contractor providing the SERWRC 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 SERWRC 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 SERWRC will focus its work in four broad areas:
- Regional engagement and user needs identification, in which the SERWRC 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 SERWRC 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 SERWRC 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 SERWRC will sustain activities supporting their mission of the provision of products and services as well as other NCEI regional and national needs.
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