SAM #FA4600UCARIDIQ

Sources Sought: Air Force Weather NWP Model Verification and Development Support

The 55th Contracting Squadron is gathering market information on technical support for Air Force Weather’s numerical weather prediction enterprise. - Government buyer: U.S. Air Force, supporting Air Force Weather (AFW); contracting office is the 55th Contracting Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. - Opportunity: Sources sought for research, development, scientific, computational, and software engineering support to sustain and advance AFW’s numerical weather prediction (NWP) and data assimilation capabilities. - Named software: METplus and MET verification tools, the MPAS atmospheric model, and JEDI data assimilation. No commercial OEM is identified. “UCAR” appears in an attachment filename but is not identified in the provided information as a vendor or manufacturer. - Potential work: Steward and enhance the software and community baselines; develop and integrate forecasting, data assimilation, verification, AI/ML, coupled Earth-system modeling, cloud/HPC, and observation-ingest capabilities; and support operational transition. - Notable requirements: Secure software development and configuration management, vulnerability remediation, software bills of materials (SBOMs), cybersecurity protections, and separation of AFW-specific controlled unclassified information (CUI) capabilities from shared repositories. - Scope is task-order driven: Specific work, quantities, schedules, and performance periods are set by individual task orders. No specific product quantities, part numbers, total contract period, or contract value are provided.

Description

1.This Sources Sought is being conducted pursuant to RFO Part 10, Market Research. This is for planning purposes only and there is no solicitation available at this time.

2. The 55th Contracting Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Air Force Weather (AFW) requires advanced scientific, computational, and software engineering capabilities to sustain, advance, and operationally transition its next-generation Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) enterprise. To ensure seamless synchronization across operational weather forecasting capabilities and eliminate the technical risks, schedule delays, and significant integration costs associated with forked or branched codebases, the Contractor shall serve as the unified, authoritative software steward for AFW's core modeling and data assimilation baselines. 

3. This information will only be used for market research purposes and will not be used for proposal evaluation. All information received will be protected and safeguarded as ACQUISITION/SOURCE SELECTION SENSITIVE in accordance with RFO Part 2.101 and 3.104. This sources sought synopsis should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. Any information provided as a result of this sources sought  is voluntary and the Government will not pay for any information submitted. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. 

Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price

Please see attached Performance Work Statement and Source Sought Questions.

All questions must be submitted by 4:30 pm on 6 November 2026.

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