NRCS- National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) SCAN Maintenance
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The Contractor is required to provide comprehensive maintenance services for the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) in support of the NRCS-National Water and Climate Center, ensuring the continued operation of over 200 nationwide stations that collect critical environmental data. These stations gather hourly measurements of soil moisture and temperature at five standard depths, as well as air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, and liquid precipitation, all critical for agricultural analysis and natural resource conservation efforts. The scope of work includes furnishing all necessary personnel, equipment, supplies, materials, and incidentals to sustain the network’s functionality in accordance with the attached work statement. This solicitation, numbered 12FPC326Q0038, is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 811210, open for responses until July 29, 2026, and managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the FPAC Business Center Acquisition Division located in Washington, DC. The contract is issued under a combined solicitation type and all performance obligations are to be carried out in support of the national SCAN infrastructure, with no specific place of performance identified beyond nationwide station maintenance. Amy J Smith, Contract Specialist, serves as the primary point of contact for inquiries, with responses required to be submitted through the designated SAM.gov portal.
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The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, supplies, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide 2027 Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) maintenance services for the NRCS-National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) as described below and in accordance with the work statement attached to and hereby made a part of this solicitation.
The Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) began as a soil moisture/soil temperature pilot project of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 1991 to provide data in support of natural resource assessments and conservation activities. SCAN operates a comprehensive, nationwide soil moisture and climate information network, focused on agricultural areas, with over 200 stations providing data in near real-time.
SCAN stations collect hourly information on soil moisture content and soil temperature at standard depths (2, 4, 8, 20, and 40 inches), air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed/direction, and liquid precipitation.
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