Environmental Data Services (EDS) Subscription Services and Enhancements

Requirements: The requirement for EDS is broken down into two categories, Subscription and Refinements:

Subscription Services: The general nature of the work for software subscription services under this contract consists of EDS web services including but not limited to data source catalog, data format transformation, status reporting, web services and archiving. The contractor provided data products are Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) subscription commodities that will be provided by the vendor’s servers and accessed by SAROPS clients.

Refinements: The general nature of the work for enhancements under this contract consists of developing capabilities which are beyond that which is built within the EDS or available as a web service from EDS.

Contractual effort defined by individual orders may include, but are not limited to, the following capabilities: New data elements (e.g., sea state, sea surface temperature, air temperature, humidity) and or new data products to provide improved data resolution and quality for specific water bodies (e.g., Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds). Analytics, such as the determination of a data product’s skill or incorporate multiple Surface Current Products to SAROPS Simulator for ensemble forecasting.

The skill calculations will be driven by observation data (e.g., SLDMB, HF RADAR, NDBC site). Additional data aggregation and smart Area of Interest processing. Status monitoring web site for EDS health status information.