Commercial Weather Data Operational Buy

Amendment 0001:

The purpose of Amendment 0001 of RFP #NEEP0000-20-00771 is the following:

1. To provide responses to questions submitted prior to the August 18th deadline by prospective vendors
2. To Amend the Commercial Weather Data Operational Buy RFP, the following has been revised
   1. The submission date has been extended to September 8, 2020
   2. Statement of Work
      1. III. DATA DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS – III.3: has been revised
      2. CAPABILITIES THAT MAY BE SOUGHT UNDER A DELIVERY ORDER: Has been removed
   3. FAR 52.212-1 Addenda-Additional Instructions to Offerors (B)(2)(d): Has been revised
3. To Amend the language in the Delivery Order Instructions, the following sections have been revised
   1. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS
   2. STATEMENT OF WORK – REQUIREMENTS - Section I.

Offerors are responsible for reviewing and responding to the revised RFP.

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In order to respond to an ever-growing demand for environmental information, NOAA continually strives for an observing enterprise that is flexible, responsive to evolving technologies and economically sustainable, while continuing to be a leader and member of the global meteorological community. To help meet these goals, NOAA is interested in purchasing commercially-available Earth observing data that satisfy observational requirements at a lower cost than government-provided alternatives. Having previously evaluated satellite-based radio occultation (RO) data from multiple sources for use in weather models and other systems, NOAA seeks to enter into one or more contracts to purchase near-real-time satellite-based RO data from commercial vendors.