This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) for $89,988.00. The contract is for the validation of data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) satellites. The work includes supporting the development and transition to operations of the VIIRS Vegetation Products Generation System, advancing the VIIRS Vegetation Index (VI) algorithm for JPSS-1, supporting validation of the VIIRS Vegetation Products, and supporting reprocessing of the S-NPP VIIRS VI data record. This contract is not set aside for any small business category. UH has extensive expertise in fields such as earth and environmental sciences, and has received numerous federal contracts and grants from agencies like NASA, the Department of Defense, and NOAA.