National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC)

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.