Description
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking responses from interested parties for the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Program (ProTech) 2.0 Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Domain Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) procurement. The purpose of this notice is to provide a draft RFP and solicit feedback from industry on the requirement. The Government intends to acquire commercially-produced satellite-based terrestrial and space weather data across multiple Functional Categories to operationalize and expand the use of commercial observation data to complement existing government observing systems, advance environmental monitoring, and improve weather forecasting, numerical modeling, space weather prediction, and decision support services across NOAA's mission areas.
Key aspects of the opportunity include:
• The acquisition of satellite-based terrestrial and space weather data
• The operationalization and expansion of commercial observation data
• The advancement of environmental monitoring and improvement of weather forecasting
• The provision of decision support services across NOAA's mission areas
• The requirement for interested vendors to be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)