# Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC)-Advancing Weather Modeling Skills

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1305m325r0014

- Solicitation number: 1305M325R0014
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to The Tomorrow Companies Inc. for $49,000,000.00
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M3)
- NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Silver Spring, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Silver Spring. https://abierto.us/cities/silver-spring-md-2472450
- First posted: June 17, 2025
- Last posted: August 24, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/85f9ace5ec5842bbb3fd9c59537048d0/view

## Description

Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) requirements for advancing weather modeling skill, reclaiming and maintaining international leadership in the area of numerical weather prediction, and improving the transition of research into operations. NOAA awarded a commercial, single-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract that allows for the issuance of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) task orders (TOs). Other Direct Costs (ODCs) such as travel may be firm-fixed-price or reimbursed at actual cost.

The term of the contract includes one (1) five-year ordering period and one (1) option period allowing services to be extended for up to six (6) months under the authority of FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. Each issued TO will specify a period of performance dependent on the requirement.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (UEI JLSJELKGF299)
- Contract: 1305M326F0193 under 1305M326D0005, delivery order
- Obligated: $7,765,770.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources
- Link: solicitation number 1305M325R0014 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1305M3 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1305M326F0193_1330_1305M326D0005_1330/

- Recipient: The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (UEI JLSJELKGF299)
- Contract: 1305M326D0005
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 13 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 1305M325R0014 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1305M3 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_1305M326D0005_1330/


## Publications

- June 17, 2025: Presolicitation. Notice 830779ee563f4b5491ee3e86604ec860. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/830779ee563f4b5491ee3e86604ec860/view
- June 25, 2025: Solicitation, due August 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 7879e0b3a572452e89f1a5ad3bf0e545. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7879e0b3a572452e89f1a5ad3bf0e545/view
- July 25, 2025: Solicitation, due August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 304c0a192cb0450ea5999b5c7ef62fb8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/304c0a192cb0450ea5999b5c7ef62fb8/view
- July 25, 2025: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice efa0af822b7d4072b6394a9f5936ed21. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/efa0af822b7d4072b6394a9f5936ed21/view
- July 31, 2025: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice e73ab7bb4362412ba12cb62b3a1fd75f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e73ab7bb4362412ba12cb62b3a1fd75f/view
- August 5, 2025: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice c9724975aef64e558a9839a8770b6150. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c9724975aef64e558a9839a8770b6150/view
- February 20, 2026: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice b32a1c9d0bee45e085d9844c31b6ecbe. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b32a1c9d0bee45e085d9844c31b6ecbe/view
- March 2, 2026: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 7a24c8b2be9c4b0698f36e86196e6e65. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7a24c8b2be9c4b0698f36e86196e6e65/view
- March 2, 2026: Solicitation, due August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice c9ba2896c2e3404fa638750bc27243bf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c9ba2896c2e3404fa638750bc27243bf/view
- August 24, 2026: Award notice. Notice 85f9ace5ec5842bbb3fd9c59537048d0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/85f9ace5ec5842bbb3fd9c59537048d0/view

## Points of contact

- Hannah Montoya, hannah.montoya@noaa.gov
- Gwendolynn Boyle, Gwendolynn.Boyle@noaa.gov

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