NCB_6304_Western_Weather_Group.pdf
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- NCB 6304
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- California
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This document is a State of California General Services Procurement Division Contract Advertising Exemption Request for a non-competitively bid contract between the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and Western Weather Group, Inc. The contractor will provide meteorological data from Automatic Meteorological Observing Stations in the Sacramento Valley to support the Sacramento Valley Smoke Management Program. The contract term is from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2017. The contractor has an exclusive contract with the California Rice Commission to maintain these observing stations, and the ARB requires the real-time data from these stations to make daily agricultural burn decisions for the Sacramento Valley.
The contract amount is $11,232.00. The exemption from advertising in the California State Contracts Register is due to the contractor's exclusive rights to maintain the observing stations, which are the sole source of the required data for the ARB. There are no set-asides or incumbents mentioned, and the funding source is not specified.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA-· GENERAL SERVICES PROCUREMENT DIVISION
CONTRACT ADVERTISING EXEMPTION REQUEST
(IN CALIFORNIA STATE CONTRACTS REGISTER)
STD. 821 (REV. 10/2006)
Government Code Section 14825 (et seq.) requires that all agreements entered into by state agencies for services shall be published in the California State Contracts Register (CSCR), unless exempted. Agreements which have been exempted by Department of General Services shall be listed in the CSCR.
TYPE OF REQUEST {Check one) SERVICE TYPE
EXEMPTION
FROM ADVERTISING
f,l NON-COMPETITIVELY BID (NCB) L!J CONTRACT JUSTIFICATION (attach NCB) D
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION
PLEASE TYPE
f- IMS CODEJ NAME: Cathy Wieser DEPARTMENT: Air Resources Board
D1v1s10N: Administrative Services Division/contracts ADDRESS: 1001 I Street, 20th Floor
CITY, STATE.ZIP: ecramento, CA 95812 _J
D NON-IT/TELECOM RELATED SERVICE D IT/TELECOM RELATED SERVICES
AGENCY BILLING CODE 64700
CONTRACT DESCRIPTION
Contractor will provide meteorological data from Automatic Meteorological Observing Stations in the Sacramento Valley.
TELEPHONE NUMBER (Not CALNET-lnclude Area Code)
(916) 322-8202 CONTRACT NUMBER AMENDMENT NUMBER //1 Applicable} CONTRACT AMOUNT AMENDMENT AMOUNT {If Applicable} CONTRACT PERIOD
14-761
PROVIDE
CONTRACTOR'S
NAME AND ADDRESS
ONLY IF A NON·
COMPETITIVELY BID
(NCB) CONTRACT IS
PROPOSED
CONTRACTOR'S NAME
Western Weather Group, Inc.
CONTRACTOR' S ADDRESS (Number, Street)
568 Manzanita Avenue, Suite 2 (City, State, ZIP Code)
Chico, California 95962
$11,232.00 05/01/15 through 04/30/17
FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER
An exemption from advertising ·in the California State Contracts Register is not an exemption from Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) participation goal attainment.
EXEMPTION JUSTIFICATION (Attach additional sheets if necessary)
Health and Safety Code Section 41857 requires ARB to work in partnership with local air districts in the administration of the Sacramento Valley Smoke Management Program (SMP). Contractor has an exclusive contract with the California Rice Commission to maintain the Sacramento Valley Automatic Meteorological Observing Stations (AMOS). These stations are located where the burning takes place and ARB relies on the real-time data from these stations to make daily agricultural burn decisions for the Sacramento Valley. Contractor has exclusive rights to maintain these AMOS sites, and is the only available entity that can provide the required data.
Western Weather Group has an exclusive contract with the California Rice Commission to maintain the AMOS sites. The data provided from these stations is not available from any other source, and ARB meteorologists rely on the data from these stations to make daily agricultural burn decisions for the Sacr,amento Valley.
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