WeatherBell Licenses

***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, National Weather Service intends to negotiation, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with WeatherBell Analytics LLC, out of New York, NY, for 153 WeatherBell Professional Licenses.

***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requirement that WeatherBell Analytics LLC is the only provider that included access to the Canadian Global Ensemble Prediction System individual ensemble members and spread data using box-whisker plots at specific locations. WeatherBell Analytics LLC also included more meteorological fields visualized using boxwhisker plots, than their competitors. The visualizations of these data fields maximize the National Weather Service’s forecaster’s abilities to effectively analyze “meteorological” uncertainty in future forecasting, thus improving communication and confidence in short- and long-term forecasting services. NWS Forecast Staff need this data to effectively analyze uncertainty in the upcoming forecast to provide training on these new datasets. Delivery of the licenses no later than 5/1/2023.

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.