National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC)
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The contract involves supporting the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC), under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The WRWRC serves the Western Region, including states such as Montana, California, Hawaii, and U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. The contractor must be physically located in this region and provide tailored weather data products and services that address regional weather records needs in alignment with NCEI’s broader environmental information responsibilities. The center facilitates a vital connection between NOAA’s national data and regional users by transforming satellite, radar, in situ, and paleoclimate data into region-specific tools and products. The scope of work focuses on four key areas: engaging regional stakeholders to identify long-term weather-related needs; prioritizing and delivering tools and services that meet those needs; facilitating the transition of appropriate products into sustained NCEI operations; and maintaining ongoing product and service support that meets both regional and national objectives. This work supports NOAA's mission to enhance understanding of weather variability and its impact on economic and environmental sectors, promoting resilience and informed decision-making. The contract is solicited by the Department of Commerce with responses due in June 2026, and the primary points of contact are NOAA representatives based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Asheville, NC, USASet-Aside
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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 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.