FY24 Statement of Work.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Meteorological Subscription

1. Introduction:

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) uses real-time meteorological services for valid and accurate weather forecasts and weather data feed for weather situational awareness inside WAPA’s footprint.

2. Scope:

The Contractor shall provide existing location based meteorological monitoring and forecasting services necessary for WAPA’s near real-time weather situational awareness and must provide FERC Order 881 requirements.

3. Existing Service Requirements:

a. Daily Weather Briefing: Daily weather forecasts and feeds shall be up to date by 0800 every day.

b. Monitoring Weather Conditions and Weather Updates: The Contractor shall monitor the weather on a continuous basis and be able to provide additional weather briefings including Temperature, Humidity, Cloud Cover, etc.

c. Long-Range Outlooks: Prior to the beginning of each month, the Contractor shall be able to provide at least a thirty (30) day forecast for all areas of the WAPA footprint, that includes: Precipitation; Projected Thunderstorms; Temperature; (Significant Weather)

d. Application Integration: Contractor shall provide a way for WAPA to load weather forecast information into WAPA’s load forecasting system along with other WAPA applications that require specific file formats.

a. Data Integration: The software application shall support secure industry standard API protocols such as SOAP, REST and data formats XML/JSON to allow for data integration into and out of the system.

e. Forecast Periods: The smallest required time increment of forecast periods is 1 hour. As determined by the government, the time interval may vary from 1 to 12-hour intervals.

f. Seasonal Outlooks: Contractor shall be able to provide a seasonal forecast that includes significant weather factors that will be used to make business decisions for WAPA operations.

g. Industry Expertise: Contractor shall provide weather expertise that is specific to WAPA’s grid capacity, by providing industry-tailored forecasts and risk communications.

h. Forecast Periods: The smallest required time increment of forecast periods is 1 hour. As determined by the government, the time interval may vary from 1 to 12-hour intervals.

i. Meteorologist Access: Contractor shall provide access to professional meteorologist either by phone or online for 24 hour a day, 7 day a week, 365 days a year.

j. Archiving & Historical Data: Contractor shall provide access to historical and 72-hour archived data.

k. Lightning Strikes: Contracts shall provide ability to view lightning strikes in near real-time on a national level.

l. Smart Phone App: Contractor shall provide ability to use a smart phone app with access to all critical data needed in a ‘bail-out’ situation.

m. Customized Maps: Contractor shall provide ability to customize maps and integrate and unlimited number of GIS Layers.

n. Alerts: Contractor shall provide ability for users to set up customized alerts for multiple weather factors in multiple geographic areas, with ability to customize those alerts whenever needed.

4. Additional Service Requirements:

a. Contractor shall provide data automation integration via web services (ie: SOAP, RESTFUL, etc). WAPA is not interested in FTP or sFTP data integration solutions.

b. Receive current day/date of the year defined as the ordinal day between 1 and 365 (or, 366 for leap years).

c. Receive current time of day as the ordinal hour between 1 and 24. Use current time of day to determine current hour (e.g., :00 to :59 of current ordinal hour), next-hour (e.g., current ordinal hour plus one hour), and the 239 future hours (e.g., current ordinal hour plus 2 to 239 future hours).

d. Receive all Meterological Data (observed and forecasted) based on georeferenced queries using latitude and longitude (decimal degrees format).

e. Receive all Meterological Data (observed and forecasted) correlated with, and appropriate to, a geographical distance no greater than ten (10) miles from the georeferenced query (latitude, longitude).

f. Receive all Meterological Data (observed and forecasted) with sufficient confidence that the actual temperature will not be greater than that temperature (FERC Order No. 881 120).

g. Meterological Data: Receive current ambient air temperature in °F and/or °C.

h. Meterological Data: Receive hourly forecasted ambient air temperature for next hour in

°F and/or °C.

i. Meterological Data: Receive forcasted ambient air temperature for each 239 hours after next hour in °F and/or °C.

j. Meterological Data: Receive geographical location of forecasted ambient temperature for mapping to Tline Conductor(s).

k. Meterological Data: Receive current wind speed magnitude.

l. Meterological Data: Receive current wind direction.

m. Meterological Data: Receive hourly forecasted wind speed magnitude for next hour.

n. Meterological Data: Receive hour forecasted wind direction for next hour.

o. Meterological Data: Receive forecasted wind speed magnitude for each 239 hours after next hour.

p. Meterological Data: Receive forecasted wind direction for each 239 hours after next hour.

q. Meterological Data: Receive current sky condition.

r. Meterological Data: Receive hourly forecasted sky condition for next hour.

s. Meterological Data: Receive forecasted sky condition for each 239 hours after next hour.

t. Software application complies with EO14028 for phishing resistant multifactor authentication.

u. The software application shall support secure industry standard API protocols such as

SOAP, REST and data formats XML/JSON to allow for data integration into and out of the system

5. WAPA’s Serviced Regions:

Desert Southwest (DSW) Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) Upper Great Plains (UGP) Sierra Nevada Region (SNR)

6. Period of Performance:

12-month subscription - 11/01/2024 through 10/31/2025.

7. Deliverables:

Subscriptions acquired through this acquisition shall be electronically accessed via website and mobile app.