# NRCS- National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) SCAN Maintenance

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12fpc326q0038

- Solicitation number: 12FPC326Q0038
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Shade Creek Weather Services Inc.
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
- Contracting office: Fpac Bus Cntr-Acq Div (12FPAC)
- NAICS: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Product or service code: J035 Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment: Service and Trade Equipment
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- First posted: July 16, 2026
- Last posted: July 16, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dc017110c8b34d37be0ea6dd5f6f4c61/view

## Description

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, supplies, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide 2027 Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) maintenance services for the NRCS-National Water and Climate Center (NWCC) as described below and in accordance with the work statement attached to and hereby made a part of this solicitation.

The Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) began as a soil moisture/soil temperature pilot project of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 1991 to provide data in support of natural resource assessments and conservation activities. SCAN operates a comprehensive, nationwide soil moisture and climate information network, focused on agricultural areas, with over 200 stations providing data in near real-time.

SCAN stations collect hourly information on soil moisture content and soil temperature at standard depths (2, 4, 8, 20, and 40 inches), air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed/direction, and liquid precipitation. Please see RFQ documents below for complete details.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Shade Creek Weather Services Inc. (UEI G31EHPCLXK23)
- Contract: 12FPC326P0054, purchase order
- Obligated: $407,836.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 12FPC326Q0038 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 12D0 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12FPC326P0054_12D0_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 16, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due July 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice dc017110c8b34d37be0ea6dd5f6f4c61. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dc017110c8b34d37be0ea6dd5f6f4c61/view

## Points of contact

- Amy J Smith, Contract Specialist, amy.smith2@usda.gov

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