Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Sbes Data Discovery and Interoperability Awards
Deadline: 16 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 10 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 144925895
Document Ref. No.: REQUIREMENTS-26-2413
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder-s Natural Hazards Center (NHC), and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition Division (WAD), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Weather Program Office (WPO) Social Science program has a requirement for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science (SBES) Data Discovery and Interoperability Awards.
The contractor shall deliver an existing data-rich social, behavioral, and economic science (SBES) framework optimized for data discovery and interoperability studies. This unique SBES framework and database will be used as a mechanism to administer competitive subcontracts for discrete interoperability activities among the academic SBES community following final selection and approval of subcontractors by the Contracting Officer-s Representative (COR). The contractor shall solicit, review, and administer targeted subcontracts to academic researchers that advance SBES data assets toward operational readiness within the weather and water enterprise. The contractor-s subcontractors will undertake concrete interoperability activities - including metadata alignment, open-source tooling development, dataset integration proofs-of-concept, and interoperability readiness assessments - that directly improve the discoverability and usability of SBES datasets for integration with meteorological and hydrological systems.
CRITICAL REQUIREMENT (EXISTING FRAMEWORK):
This requirement is strictly for contractors who already possess, license, or maintain an operational, data-rich SBES framework and database. The Government will not fund the baseline development or creation of a new framework under this contract.
WAD intends to issue a sole source, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) type contract. The anticipated period of performance is two (...
Notice ID: requirements-26-2413
Department/Ind. Agency: commerce, department of
Sub-tier: national oceanic and atmospheric administration
Office: dept of commerce noaa
NAICS Code: 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Inactive Dates: jul 31, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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