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National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Southern Regional Weather Records Center (SRWRC)
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The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is seeking a single awardee under an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to establish and operate the Southern Regional Weather Records Center (SRWRC), serving the states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The contractor must be physically located within this region and is responsible for engaging with regional stakeholders to identify long-term weather-related needs, translating NOAA’s environmental data—including satellite, in situ, radar, and paleoclimate sources—into tailored products and services that enhance regional resilience and inform decision-making. The SRWRC will perform core activities organized into four areas: regional engagement and user needs identification, prioritization and development of tools and services, transition of successful innovations into NCEI’s operational systems, and ongoing sustainment of mission-critical services. The contract’s base ordering period runs from September 17, 2026, through September 16, 2031, with a hard cutoff for deliveries no later than September 16, 2032. Task Order 1, which is firm-fixed-price and encompasses all essential requirements for the IDIQ’s duration, includes base services, regional services, and optional national capability services, with pricing structured across multiple CLINs, some of which are optional and do not require offeror pricing. Proposals must be submitted electronically by June 26, 2026, to two designated NOAA email addresses and must conform to a four-volume format: Business Proposal, Technical Proposal (presented orally via Google Meet), Past Performance, and Price Proposal. Technical evaluation factors—Experience for the IDIQ Contract, Technical Approach to Task Order 1, Key Personnel Qualifications (particularly the Director position, required to meet Executive Management 1 standards), and Past Performance—are weighted equally and considered significantly more important than price. Price is evaluated for completeness and reasonableness but not scored, and the award will be made based on best value through an integrated assessment of technical merit and cost. All proposals must comply with pass/fail criteria including solicitation compliance, submission of a compliant Data Management Plan aligned with NAM 1330-52.227-71, and completeness of labor and task order pricing matrices. The contractor must adhere to strict packaging and marking requirements for deliverables, submit invoices through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) within a week of performance report submission, and meet government security standards,
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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 Southern Regional Weather Records Center (SRWRC), which is composed of TN, MS, LA, AR, OK, and TX.
The contractor providing the SRWRC 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 SRWRC 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 SRWRC will focus its work in four broad areas:
- Regional engagement and user needs identification, in which the SRWRC 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 SRWRC 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 SRWRC 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 SRWRC 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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