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National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC)
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is seeking a single awardee for an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to establish the Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC), covering the Western Region including Montana, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. The contractor must be physically located within this region and is tasked with translating NOAA’s satellite, in situ, radar, and paleoclimate data into regionally tailored environmental products and services that support decision-making and resilience across public, private, and academic sectors. The core work revolves around four pillars: engaging regional stakeholders to identify long-term weather-related needs; developing, testing, and sustaining user-focused tools and services; transitioning successful innovations into NCEI’s operational environment; and sustaining ongoing regional support activities. The contract includes a Firm-Fixed-Price Task Order 1 effective from September 17, 2026, to September 16, 2031, with potential task orders extending up to one year beyond the base ordering period. Deliverables include monthly environmental monitoring reports, real-time event tracking such as storm and heatwave story maps, adjudication of extraordinary meteorological records, and comprehensive performance reports. The contract imposes strict compliance requirements across operations, personnel, data, and accessibility. All personnel must undergo moderate-risk screening per CAM and CAR directives, and foreign nationals are subject to specific access controls. Contractors must sign NOAA non-disclosure agreements when handling sensitive information, ensure all electronic and information technology adheres to Section 508 accessibility standards, and follow strict guidelines for data transfers, including the use of Submission Agreements. Technical proposals must be submitted in four volumes: a written business proposal with SF-1449, an oral presentation addressing experience and technical approach, a written past performance submission, and a written price proposal. Offers must be electronically delivered via email to two designated points of contact by June 26, 2026. Evaluation is based on a best-value approach where non-price factors—experience, technical approach, key personnel qualifications, and past performance—are considered equally important and significantly outweigh price. Only responsible offerors meeting mandatory compliance thresholds, including SAM registration and certification of independent pricing, will be considered. The contractor is accountable for packaging and marking all deliverables per commercial standards and government specifications, and must submit invoices electronically via
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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 Western Region (WRWRC), which is composed of MT, ID, UT, NM, AZ, NV, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, and U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands.
The contractor providing the WRWRC capability shall be physically located in the region defined above 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 WRWRC 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 WRWRC will focus its work in four broad areas:
- Regional engagement and user needs identification, in which the WRWRC 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 WRWRC 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 WRWRC 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 WRWRC 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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