D -- WSR-88D INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICES (NIDS)

Notice Date

June 1, 2001

Contracting Office

U. S. Department Of Commerce, NOAA, Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th St., CC31, Rm. 1756, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

ZIP Code

64106

Solicitation Number

52WCNW106032PY

Response Due

July 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Patsy A. Ybarra (816) 426-6823, x230

Description

The National Weather Service (NWS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is acquiring WSR-88D Information Dissemination Services (NIDS). The NCEP is composed of nine (9) National Centers. As many as five (5) Service Centers (TPC, AWC, SPC, HPC and the EMC) require access to real-time radar data sets to perform their respective, specifically, using data from the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) network nationwide. These services will be used by the National Weather Service to provide weather analyses, forecasts and warnings involving a wide range of atmospheric systems affecting the United States and surrounding oceans. A critical requirement of the NCEP Service Centers is to be able to access in real-time national radar mosaic products. The contract will provide the necessary remote sensing tools that are invaluable to the NCEP Scientists in support of NCEP's mission to protect life and property. The contractor shall be required to supply a system capable of acquiring all standard, unaltered NIDS products in real-time, every 6 minutes or every 8 minutes in the most timely manner. The data shall be ingested automatically without human intervention. The system shall be capable of acquiring any combination or subset of standard, unaltered NIDS products and provide for methods of specifying which data sets should be routinely ingested. Storage of data shall be for up to 20 data periods. The system display shall allow an operator to select the radar sites or products to be acquired by the system and use high resolution, national-scale mosaics of reflectivity or other value added products. The contractor shall be responsible for installation, checkout and training. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Requests for Solicitation No. 52WCNW106032PY shall be made in writing via fax number (816) 426-7530.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010605/DSOL002.HTM (W-152 SN50N6Z7)