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AB-133E-16-RP-0034

WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER

SECTION J - ATTACHMENT 2

TASK ORDER 0001 PRICING TEMPLATE

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Each RCC shall provide monthly climate monitoring reports for public release. The reports shall, in coordination with NCEI’s monitoring and assessment group:

· Provide a regional overview of temperature, precipitation, and drought statistics and highlights.

· Provide a regional overview of climate impacts within the region, including elements such as crop conditions, reservoir levels, and energy demand.

· Provide historical context on climate events and episodes that are defined conceptually and are not directly measured by instruments and observatories, such as heat and cold waves, drought, severe weather events, and water shortages.

ii. At least quarterly, each RCC shall compile and synthesize seasonal-scale climate impact and outlook information for the region, appropriate for non-technical audiences, and deliver a summary consistent with NCEI style and format and in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

iii. Each RCC shall produce annual “State of the Region” climate summaries, modeled on NCEI’s annual National Overview and appropriate for non-technical audiences, in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Each RCC shall appoint a climatologist to assess, as requested by NCEI, the legitimacy of extraordinary weather observations or other data identified as possible new records for jurisdictions within its region.

Period of Performance

i. Each RCC shall maintain an inventory of its research and sustained products and services, their maturity as assessed with the NCEI Maturity Matrix, their documentation status, and their compliance with NCEI-approved formats and metadata schema.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Each RCC shall document and respond to customer inquiries of a routine (i.e., phone, fax, e-mail), regional nature within one business day from the time of receipt.

ii. Each RCC shall input monthly updates of summarized user needs into an NCEI requirements collection database tool. The updates shall be of sufficient granularity to inform decisions on the sustainment of existing or development of new products and services.

iii. Each RCC shall track the number of RCC data, product, and information downloads and service requests, including web analytics, and report summary information, including aggregated user domain information, for each fiscal year quarter.

iv. Each RCC shall implement a process for tracking the further distribution, use, and value of its products and services (e.g., a user’s subsequent data distribution or translation following a download from the RCC), and provide summary information for each fiscal year quarter.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

Each RCC shall meet all Regional Theme Requirements for the themes identified for its region as specified below.

· The RCC shall meet its theme requirements:

i. Within its region

ii. Outside its region, in collaboration with other RCCs. This requirement defines a functional, rather than strictly geographic, leadership capability that can be projected, shared, or applied in other regions as needs dictate.

· The RCC shall propose annual changes to its themes, for consideration by NCEI, as regional needs and priorities vary over time.

i. The RCC shall provide products and services to support relevant parts of the private and public sectors, and provide associated stewardship, documentation and consultation services to ensure product integrity and customer ease-of-use. The RCC shall assess user needs for climate products and services and will develop and deliver a prioritized list of user needs that are unmet by other providers.

ii. The RCC shall convene user workshops as appropriate, but at least annually, focused on RCC and appropriate NCEI products, user applications, and needs. The RCC shall develop and deliver a summary workshop report to include recommendations on how to most effectively engage stakeholders.

iii. The RCC shall identify and exercise opportunities to grow awareness and use of, in priority order, NCEI, NESDIS, and NOAA climate data and information among regional users and communities, including products supplied by or derived from NCEI’s Reference Environmental Data Records program.

Regional Themes (Not in priority order)

· High Plains RCC (HPRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Midwestern RCC (MRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Northeast RCC (NRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources and Critical Infrastructure Theme 2: Resiliency to Extreme Events

· Southeast RCC (SERCC) Theme 1: Inland and Coastal Resiliency Theme 2: Human Health, including Heat and Cold Events

· Southern RCC (SRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Coastal Resiliency

· Western RCC (WRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Wildland Fire Theme 3: Coastal and Ocean Resources Theme 4: Coastal Inundation and Sea Level Rise

OPTIONAL

Transition RCC Developments to NCEI Operational State

Period of Performance

i. Each RCC shall, with guidance, prioritization, and collaboration of NCEI, recommend and support the transition of select mature RCC tools, products, and services to NCEI operational states (i.e., Initial Operational Capability [IOC] or Full Operational Capability [FOC]) by adapting and following, as appropriate, the NCEI Reference Environmental Data Records Program’s Research-to-Operations framework. The RCC shall ensure that resources and capabilities submitted for transition comply with NCEI’s standards and policies.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Each RCC shall provide products and services for additional government-designated sectors or climate-related issues in its region. These activities may be conducted in collaboration with other RCCs who may already be providing such products and services in support of their Regional Themes. Examples of additional government-designed sector or climate-related issues may include:

· Air quality extremes induced by weather and climate phenomena

· Agriculture

· Civil Infrastructure

· Climate oscillation impacts (e.g., El Niño, Madden-Julian)

· Coastal Hazards

· Construction

· Droughts

· Energy

· Floods

· Forests and Forest Ecosystems

· Health

· Insurance

· Litigation

· Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

· National Security

· Severe weather and climate events and trends

· Tourism

· Transportation

· Water Resources

· Wildfire extremes induced by weather and climate phenomena

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Maintain a database of “threaded” station time series for 270 locations across the United States for the purpose of calculating extremes of temperature and precipitation. Provide web-based access to the database.

ii. Acknowledge requests for station thread modifications and corrections in writing to NCEI and NWS within three (3) business days of request. Implement modifications and corrections on an annual basis.

iii. Provide NCEI and NWS with an annual update of the “threaded” database (and station metadata) by April of each year of the contract.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Maintain a web-based system to report and track errors in NCEI datasets and products. The system shall include a user interface, online documentation, operator dashboard, archive capability, status monitoring, and a flexible configuration to accommodate new datasets and products.

ii. The system shall provide monthly status reports to NCEI. The monthly report shall include account statistics such as number of new accounts, total number of open user accounts and the number of password requests. All requested changes to user accounts must be completed within five (5) business days of request, except for password changes, which shall be completed within three (3) business days of request.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Maintain a database of recent daily data from COOP stations throughout the United States. The database shall specifically contain daily observations for the most recent four-day period for temperature (maximum and minimum), precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth.

ii. Provide NCEI with an update of the database once per day.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Interact with NIDIS users and address questions about NIDIS data and products

ii. Establish regional drought information to enhance existing product suites, particularly in the NIDIS Regional Drought Early Warning System areas, including data accessible via Open Geospatial Consortium-compliant web services.

iii. Provide regional expertise in assessing and monitoring drought to enhance existing products and services.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Provide a web-based data entry system that allows all climate observers in the NWS COOP program to enter daily observations, view and edit old observations, graph daily climate trends, and submit observations to NWS. In addition, the system shall ingest data from IV-ROCS, the NWS telephone entry system for Cooperative Observers.

ii. Collect observations in near real-time (i.e., 24/7 operations, with an Operational Availability exceeding 99%) as provided by NWS COOP observers through NWS systems and provide these data to NWS at a minimum of once per day and in end-of-month collections.

iii. Support the identification, reporting, tracking, and resolution of issues in these data in collaboration with NWS and NCEI and provide monthly status reports.

iv. Notify NWS and NCEI by email when system outages occur within 1 hour of onset of unexpected outages, and with five (5) days lead time for planned outages.

v. Provide information and support regarding how this system can be designed to be easily portable to new environments operated by NCEI or other organizations.

Period of Performance

i. RCCs shall provide a copy of an independent audit that shall encompass all aspects of Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70, Purchase Card Industry (PCI) Compliance, and a state or local government independent financial statement or performance audit that includes a review of general and application information technology (IT) controls, and an opinion as to the state of the entity’s information security and assurance program. RCCs shall provide the report for inspection and government determination as to their capability as a "going-concern" and their ability to provide adequate protection of data and financial information associated with performance of work under the contract. RCCs shall, upon request from NCEI, provide access to information systems used to execute tasks outlined in this PWS as well as to security documentation required by NCEI IT security team members to validate that controls are in place and operating as intended. Such access will be coordinated with them, and may include access from other NOAA or DOC entities, such as the Office of Inspector General.

Period of Performance 01-August-2016 to 05-March-2017

i. Quarterly Reports: Each quarter in the federal fiscal year, each RCC shall furnish a detailed report. This report shall describe customer inquiries, partner engagement, products and services, and technical support activities under this contract. The format of the report and performance measures contained in the report will be developed by the RCS Program Manager in coordination with the RCSDs and all RCCs following the award of the contract. Performance measures may include the nature, source and amount of customer support, type and frequency of regional stakeholder activities, and performance of critical systems and infrastructure (i.e., downtime). They will be used to describe program activities and contractor performance, support NCEI budget planning and execution activities, and may also be reported to the Office of Management and Budget or to Congress. RCCs shall provide timely information for the development and reporting of performance measures when appropriate. In addition to the quarterly reports, the RCS Program Manager may contact RCSDs, other NCEI program directors, and key partners for information to assist in evaluating contractor performance.

ii. Transition: In order to ensure the continuity of regional climate services and operational systems following the expiration of this contract, the RCCs shall include transition plans with the contract proposal. These plans shall describe the steps to be taken three months in advance of the expiration of the contract to ensure portability of contractor-development software and systems. RCCs shall provide NCEI with documentation of systems, processes, execution codes, transfer software, and data products derived from NCEI funds. In addition, they shall name a point of contact to work with NCEI in the event of a transition to new contractors upon expiration of the contract. This point of contact shall notify the RCSDs in their region of stakeholder outreach and partner engagement activities that should continue past the expiration of the contract. All transition planning, support and documentation must be completed by the expiration of the contract, without a degradation of service.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Each RCC shall provide monthly climate monitoring reports for public release. The reports shall, in coordination with NCEI’s monitoring and assessment group:

· Provide a regional overview of temperature, precipitation, and drought statistics and highlights.

· Provide a regional overview of climate impacts within the region, including elements such as crop conditions, reservoir levels, and energy demand.

· Provide historical context on climate events and episodes that are defined conceptually and are not directly measured by instruments and observatories, such as heat and cold waves, drought, severe weather events, and water shortages.

ii. At least quarterly, each RCC shall compile and synthesize seasonal-scale climate impact and outlook information for the region, appropriate for non-technical audiences, and deliver a summary consistent with NCEI style and format and in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

iii. Each RCC shall produce annual “State of the Region” climate summaries, modeled on NCEI’s annual National Overview and appropriate for non-technical audiences, in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Each RCC shall appoint a climatologist to assess, as requested by NCEI, the legitimacy of extraordinary weather observations or other data identified as possible new records for jurisdictions within its region.

Period of Performance

i. Each RCC shall maintain an inventory of its research and sustained products and services, their maturity as assessed with the NCEI Maturity Matrix, their documentation states, and their compliance with NCEI-approved formats and metadata schema.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Each RCC shall document and respond to customer inquiries of a routine (i.e., phone, fax, e-mail), regional nature within one business day from the time of receipt.

ii. Each RCC shall input monthly updates of summarized user needs into an NCEI requirements collection database tool. The updates shall be of sufficient granularity to inform decisions on the sustainment of existing or development of new products and services.

iii. Each RCC shall track the number of RCC data, product, and information downloads and service requests, including web analytics, and report summary information, including aggregated user domain information, for each fiscal year quarter.

iv. Each RCC shall implement a process for tracking the further distribution, use, and value of its products and services (e.g., a user’s subsequent data distribution or translation following a download from the RCC), and provide summary information for each fiscal year quarter.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

Each RCC shall meet all Regional Theme Requirements for the themes identified for its region as specified below.

· The RCC shall meet its theme requirements:

i. Within its region

ii. Outside its region, in collaboration with other RCCs. This requirement defines a functional, rather than strictly geographic, leadership capability that can be projected, shared, or applied in other regions as needs dictate.

· The RCC shall propose annual changes to its themes, for consideration by NCEI, as regional needs and priorities vary over time.

i. The RCC shall provide products and services to support relevant parts of the private and public sectors, and provide associated stewardship, documentation and consultation services to ensure product integrity and customer ease-of-use. The RCC shall assess user needs for climate products and services and will develop and deliver a prioritized list of user needs that are unmet by other providers.

ii. The RCC shall convene user workshops as appropriate, but at least annually, focused on RCC and appropriate NCEI products, user applications, and needs. The RCC shall develop and deliver a summary workshop report to include recommendations on how to most effectively engage stakeholders.

iii. The RCC shall identify and exercise opportunities to grow awareness and use of, in priority order, NCEI, NESDIS, and NOAA climate data and information among regional users and communities, including products supplied by or derived from NCEI’s Reference Environmental Data Records program.

Regional Themes (Not in priority order)

· High Plains RCC (HPRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Midwestern RCC (MRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Northeast RCC (NRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources and Critical Infrastructure Theme 2: Resiliency to Extreme Events

· Southeast RCC (SERCC) Theme 1: Inland and Coastal Resiliency Theme 2: Human Health, including Heat and Cold Events

· Southern RCC (SRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Coastal Resiliency

· Western RCC (WRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Wildland Fire

OPTIONAL

Transition RCC Developments to NCEI Operational State

i. Each RCC shall, with guidance, prioritization, and collaboration of NCEI, recommend and support the transition of select mature RCC tools, products, and services to NCEI operational states (i.e., Initial Operational Capability [IOC] or Full Operational Capability [FOC]) by adapting and following, as appropriate, the NCEI Reference Environmental Data Records Program’s Research-to-Operations framework. The RCC shall ensure that resources and capabilities submitted for transition comply with NCEI’s standards and policies.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Each RCC shall provide products and services for additional government-designated sectors or climate-related issues in its region. These activities may be conducted in collaboration with other RCCs who may already be providing such products and services in support of their Regional Themes. Examples of additional government-designed sector or climate-related issues may include:

· Air quality extremes induced by weather and climate phenomena

· Agriculture

· Civil Infrastructure

· Climate oscillation impacts (e.g., El Niño, Madden-Julian)

· Coastal Hazards

· Construction

· Droughts

· Energy

· Floods

· Forests and Forest Ecosystems

· Health

· Insurance

· Litigation

· Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

· National Security

· Severe weather and climate events and trends

· Tourism

· Transportation

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Maintain a database of “threaded” station time series for 270 locations across the United States for the purpose of calculating extremes of temperature and precipitation. Provide web-based access to the database.

ii. Acknowledge requests for station thread modifications and corrections in writing to NCEI and NWS within three (3) business days of request. Implement modifications and corrections on an annual basis.

iii. Provide NCEI and NWS with an annual update of the “threaded” database (and station metadata) by April of each year of the contract.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Maintain a web-based system to report and track errors in NCEI datasets and products. The system shall include a user interface, online documentation, operator dashboard, archive capability, status monitoring, and a flexible configuration to accommodate new datasets and products.

ii. The system shall provide monthly status reports to NCEI. The monthly report shall include account statistics such as number of new accounts, total number of open user accounts and the number of password requests. All requested changes to user accounts must be completed within five (5) business days of request, except for password changes, which shall be completed within three (3) business days of request.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Maintain a database of recent daily data from COOP stations throughout the United States. The database shall specifically contain daily observations for the most recent four-day period for temperature (maximum and minimum), precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Interact with NIDIS users and address questions about NIDIS data and products

ii. Establish regional drought information to enhance existing product suites, particularly in the NIDIS Regional Drought Early Warning System areas, including data accessible via Open Geospatial Consortium-compliant web services.

iii. Provide regional expertise in assessing and monitoring drought to enhance existing products and services.

Period of Performance 06-March-2017 to 05-March-2018

i. Provide a web-based data entry system that allows all climate observers in the NWS COOP program to enter daily observations, view and edit old observations, graph daily climate trends, and submit observations to NWS. In addition, the system shall ingest data from IV-ROCS, the NWS telephone entry system for Cooperative Observers.

ii. Collect observations in near real-time (i.e., 24/7 operations, with an Operational Availability exceeding 99%) as provided by NWS COOP observers through NWS systems and provide these data to NWS at a minimum of once per day and in end-of-month collections.

iii. Support the identification, reporting, tracking, and resolution of issues in these data in collaboration with NWS and NCEI and provide monthly status reports.

iv. Notify NWS and NCEI by email when system outages occur within 1 hour of onset of unexpected outages, and with five (5) days lead time for planned outages.

v. Provide information and support regarding how this system can be designed to be easily portable to new environments operated by NCEI or other organizations.

Period of Performance

i. RCCs shall provide a copy of an independent audit that shall encompass all aspects of Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70, Purchase Card Industry (PCI) Compliance, and a state or local government independent financial statement or performance audit that includes a review of general and application information technology (IT) controls, and an opinion as to the state of the entity’s information security and assurance program. RCCs shall provide the report for inspection and government determination as to their capability as a "going-concern" and their ability to provide adequate protection of data and financial information associated with performance of work under the contract. RCCs shall, upon request from NCEI, provide access to information systems used to execute tasks outlined in this PWS as well as to security documentation required by NCEI IT security team members to validate that controls are in place and operating as intended. Such access will be coordinated with them, and may include access from other NOAA or DOC entities, such as the Office of Inspector General.

Period of Performance

i. Quarterly Reports: Each quarter in the federal fiscal year, each RCC shall furnish a detailed report. This report shall describe customer inquiries, partner engagement, products and services, and technical support activities under this contract. The format of the report and performance measures contained in the report will be developed by the RCS Program Manager in coordination with the RCSDs and all RCCs following the award of the contract. Performance measures may include the nature, source and amount of customer support, type and frequency of regional stakeholder activities, and performance of critical systems and infrastructure (i.e., downtime). They will be used to describe program activities and contractor performance, support NCEI budget planning and execution activities, and may also be reported to the Office of Management and Budget or to Congress. RCCs shall provide timely information for the development and reporting of performance measures when appropriate. In addition to the quarterly reports, the RCS Program Manager may contact RCSDs, other NCEI program directors, and key partners for information to assist in evaluating contractor performance.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Each RCC shall provide monthly climate monitoring reports for public release. The reports shall, in coordination with NCEI’s monitoring and assessment group:

· Provide a regional overview of temperature, precipitation, and drought statistics and highlights.

· Provide a regional overview of climate impacts within the region, including elements such as crop conditions, reservoir levels, and energy demand.

· Provide historical context on climate events and episodes that are defined conceptually and are not directly measured by instruments and observatories, such as heat and cold waves, drought, severe weather events, and water shortages.

ii. At least quarterly, each RCC shall compile and synthesize seasonal-scale climate impact and outlook information for the region, appropriate for non-technical audiences, and deliver a summary consistent with NCEI style and format and in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

iii. Each RCC shall produce annual “State of the Region” climate summaries, modeled on NCEI’s annual National Overview and appropriate for non-technical audiences, in consultation with the relevant RCSD(s).

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Each RCC shall appoint a climatologist to assess, as requested by NCEI, the legitimacy of extraordinary weather observations or other data identified as possible new records for jurisdictions within its region.

Period of Performance

i. Each RCC shall maintain an inventory of its research and sustained products and services, their maturity as assessed with the NCEI Maturity Matrix, their documentation states, and their compliance with NCEI-approved formats and metadata schema.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Each RCC shall document and respond to customer inquiries of a routine (i.e., phone, fax, e-mail), regional nature within one business day from the time of receipt.

ii. Each RCC shall input monthly updates of summarized user needs into an NCEI requirements collection database tool. The updates shall be of sufficient granularity to inform decisions on the sustainment of existing or development of new products and services.

iii. Each RCC shall track the number of RCC data, product, and information downloads and service requests, including web analytics, and report summary information, including aggregated user domain information, for each fiscal year quarter.

iv. Each RCC shall implement a process for tracking the further distribution, use, and value of its products and services (e.g., a user’s subsequent data distribution or translation following a download from the RCC), and provide summary information for each fiscal year quarter.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

Each RCC shall meet all Regional Theme Requirements for the themes identified for its region as specified below.

· The RCC shall meet its theme requirements:

i. Within its region

ii. Outside its region, in collaboration with other RCCs. This requirement defines a functional, rather than strictly geographic, leadership capability that can be projected, shared, or applied in other regions as needs dictate.

· The RCC shall propose annual changes to its themes, for consideration by NCEI, as regional needs and priorities vary over time.

i. The RCC shall provide products and services to support relevant parts of the private and public sectors, and provide associated stewardship, documentation and consultation services to ensure product integrity and customer ease-of-use. The RCC shall assess user needs for climate products and services and will develop and deliver a prioritized list of user needs that are unmet by other providers.

ii. The RCC shall convene user workshops as appropriate, but at least annually, focused on RCC and appropriate NCEI products, user applications, and needs. The RCC shall develop and deliver a summary workshop report to include recommendations on how to most effectively engage stakeholders.

iii. The RCC shall identify and exercise opportunities to grow awareness and use of, in priority order, NCEI, NESDIS, and NOAA climate data and information among regional users and communities, including products supplied by or derived from NCEI’s Reference Environmental Data Records program.

Regional Themes (Not in priority order)

· High Plains RCC (HPRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Midwestern RCC (MRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Agriculture

· Northeast RCC (NRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources and Critical Infrastructure Theme 2: Resiliency to Extreme Events

· Southeast RCC (SERCC) Theme 1: Inland and Coastal Resiliency Theme 2: Human Health, including Heat and Cold Events

· Southern RCC (SRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Coastal Resiliency

· Western RCC (WRCC) Theme 1: Water Resources Theme 2: Wildland Fire

OPTIONAL

Transition RCC Developments to NCEI Operational State

i. Each RCC shall, with guidance, prioritization, and collaboration of NCEI, recommend and support the transition of select mature RCC tools, products, and services to NCEI operational states (i.e., Initial Operational Capability [IOC] or Full Operational Capability [FOC]) by adapting and following, as appropriate, the NCEI Reference Environmental Data Records Program’s Research-to-Operations framework. The RCC shall ensure that resources and capabilities submitted for transition comply with NCEI’s standards and policies.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Each RCC shall provide products and services for additional government-designated sectors or climate-related issues in its region. These activities may be conducted in collaboration with other RCCs who may already be providing such products and services in support of their Regional Themes. Examples of additional government-designed sector or climate-related issues may include:

· Air quality extremes induced by weather and climate phenomena

· Agriculture

· Civil Infrastructure

· Climate oscillation impacts (e.g., El Niño, Madden-Julian)

· Coastal Hazards

· Construction

· Droughts

· Energy

· Floods

· Forests and Forest Ecosystems

· Health

· Insurance

· Litigation

· Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

· National Security

· Severe weather and climate events and trends

· Tourism

· Transportation

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Maintain a database of “threaded” station time series for 270 locations across the United States for the purpose of calculating extremes of temperature and precipitation. Provide web-based access to the database.

ii. Acknowledge requests for station thread modifications and corrections in writing to NCEI and NWS within three (3) business days of request. Implement modifications and corrections on an annual basis.

iii. Provide NCEI and NWS with an annual update of the “threaded” database (and station metadata) by April of each year of the contract.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Maintain a web-based system to report and track errors in NCEI datasets and products. The system shall include a user interface, online documentation, operator dashboard, archive capability, status monitoring, and a flexible configuration to accommodate new datasets and products.

ii. The system shall provide monthly status reports to NCEI. The monthly report shall include account statistics such as number of new accounts, total number of open user accounts and the number of password requests. All requested changes to user accounts must be completed within five (5) business days of request, except for password changes, which shall be completed within three (3) business days of request.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Maintain a database of recent daily data from COOP stations throughout the United States. The database shall specifically contain daily observations for the most recent four-day period for temperature (maximum and minimum), precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Interact with NIDIS users and address questions about NIDIS data and products

ii. Establish regional drought information to enhance existing product suites, particularly in the NIDIS Regional Drought Early Warning System areas, including data accessible via Open Geospatial Consortium-compliant web services.

iii. Provide regional expertise in assessing and monitoring drought to enhance existing products and services.

Period of Performance 06-March-2018 to 05-March-2019

i. Provide a web-based data entry system that allows all climate observers in the NWS COOP program to enter daily observations, view and edit old observations, graph daily climate trends, and submit observations to NWS. In addition, the system shall ingest data from IV-ROCS, the NWS telephone entry system for Cooperative Observers.

ii. Collect observations in near real-time (i.e., 24/7 operations, with an Operational Availability exceeding 99%) as provided by NWS COOP observers through NWS systems and provide these data to NWS at a minimum of once per day and in end-of-month collections.

iii. Support the identification, reporting, tracking, and resolution of issues in these data in collaboration with NWS and NCEI and provide monthly status reports.

iv. Notify NWS and NCEI by email when system outages occur within 1 hour of onset of unexpected outages, and with five (5) days lead time for planned outages.

v. Provide information and support regarding how this system can be designed to be easily portable to new environments operated by NCEI or other organizations.

Period of Performance

i. RCCs shall provide a copy of an independent audit that shall encompass all aspects of Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70, Purchase Card Industry (PCI) Compliance, and a state or local government independent financial statement or performance audit that includes a review of general and application information technology (IT) controls, and an opinion as to the state of the entity’s information security and assurance program. RCCs shall provide the report for inspection and government determination as to their capability as a "going-concern" and their ability to provide adequate protection of data and financial information associated with performance of work under the contract. RCCs shall, upon request from NCEI, provide access to information systems used to execute tasks outlined in this PWS as well as to security documentation required by NCEI IT security team members to validate that controls are in place and operating as intended. Such access will be coordinated with them, and may include access from other NOAA or DOC entities, such as the Office of Inspector General.

Period of Performance

i. Quarterly Reports: Each quarter in the federal fiscal year, each RCC shall furnish a detailed report. This report shall describe customer inquiries, partner engagement, products and services, and technical support activities under this contract. The format of the report and performance measures contained in the report will be developed by the RCS Program Manager in coordination with the RCSDs and all RCCs following the award of the contract. Performance measures may include the nature, source and amount of customer support, type and frequency of regional stakeholder activities, and performance of critical systems and infrastructure (i.e., downtime). They will be used to describe program activities and contractor performance, support NCEI budget planning and execution activities, and may also be reported to the Office of Management and Budget or to Congress. RCCs shall provide timely information for the development and reporting of performance measures when appropriate. In addition to the quarterly reports, the RCS Program Manager may contact RCSDs, other NCEI program directors, and key partners for information to assist in evaluating contractor performance.