UNSPSC 81151500: Meteorology

UNSPSC 81151500 Meteorology is a Class code describing weather forecasting, analysis, and decision-support services that state and local governments procure to inform operational planning, emergency response, and infrastructure management. Recent solicitations show that municipalities and counties are buying utility-grade weather forecasting platforms with real-time meteorological support, flood inundation modeling and mapping systems, and integrated decision dashboards that combine current and forecasted weather data to predict operational risks—particularly flooding, storm surge, high winds, and freezing events. Issuing bodies include city utilities, county environmental and emergency management offices, and municipal public works departments; the City of Austin and Hillsborough County are current active buyers seeking professional-grade meteorological and hydrological forecasting solutions.

The City of Austin issued RFP1100LLM3010 on September 28, 2026 for a weather services and decision dashboard with a November 5, 2026 response deadline, requiring 24/7 meteorologist access, real-time data feeds to the utility's Advanced Distribution Management System, 99.99% availability, and FedRAMP/TX-RAMP/NIST 800 compliance; the contract covers 520,000+ customer service territory and includes local business and small business preference scoring. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued RFP2600364 on August 14, 2026 with a September 11, 2026 deadline for an automated compound flood forecasting and impact analysis system at an estimated $850,000 over four years, requiring cloud-based architecture supporting EPA SWMM5 models, NIST SP 800-53 v5 Moderate Baseline cybersecurity controls, SOC 2 Type II compliance for cloud services, and AI-specific security questionnaires addressing data integrity and model bias. Both solicitations impose strict cybersecurity and data residency requirements (AES-256 encryption, NIST 800 series compliance, U.S.-based staff with background checks, and breach notification timelines). Activity is concentrated in Florida (Austin and Hillsborough County) with high technical complexity and substantial insurance requirements ($1–$5 million per occurrence) driving barriers to entry for smaller vendors.