Commercial Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Data Feed

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking capable sources for continuous, real-time commercial cloud-to-ground lightning data feeds supporting National Weather Service forecasting, archiving, and decision-support systems.

United States of America > COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF > NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION > DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA (EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION)


General
Open (active)
EAD_CG_DATA_FY27_SSN
Oct 23, 2026 05:00 PM
Oct 09, 2026 01:09 PM
Sources Sought
Federal
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Contact
paul.thomas@noaa.gov
200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, is conducting market research for continuous, real-time commercial cloud-to-ground lightning telemetry. The required data must cover CONUS and specified OCONUS zones, classify flashes and strokes, report location, timing, polarity, peak current, and stroke multiplicity, and meet stated accuracy, detection-efficiency, false-detection, and delivery-time thresholds. The contractor must provide secure continuous streaming and one-minute encrypted data products compatible with NOAA operational systems, including AWIPS, N-AWIPS, MRMS, and the NWS Telecommunications Gateway. Requirements also include 24/7 network availability and support, outage and performance reporting, archived data availability, data-format and encryption compliance, and potential optional web-based or contractor-developed products. Respondents must submit a capability statement of no more than five pages addressing company information, technical capabilities, operational experience, and feedback on the draft SOW and NAICS classification. This is a Sources Sought notice for market research and is not a request for proposals or quotations.

Classification Codes
NAICS518210Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
PSCDC10Data center services delivered as a service contract. Offsite data center facilities using the resources provided by 3rd parties. May be part of an Infrastructure as a Service offering.
Smart Codes
lightning data feedsweather data integrationreal-time data streaming
Specifications
Supply & Service
Timeline
Oct 09, 2026 01:09 PM-Published Date
Oct 23, 2026 05:00 PM-Response Deadline
Nov 7, 2026-Inactive Date
Requirements
Informational
Yes
Documents
TitleDate Posted
SOW_CGLightning.docxOct 09, 2026 12:00 PM
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