# NOAA Cloud Acquisition (NCloud)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/92d989e8607c495a9d4a985521e7eb14

- Solicitation number: 30423
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was October 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M4)
- NAICS: 5415 Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- Product or service code: DG10 Network services delivered as a service, by subscription, or service contract. Physical and wireless networks managed as a service connected to and from core data centers, work areas, and offices connecting end users to the organization's broader networks. Network services delivered in connection with other IaaS and PaaS services. Cloud based network management services and Software Defined Networks (SDN) accessed by service contract or subscriptions.
- 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: October 9, 2024
- Last posted: October 9, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92d989e8607c495a9d4a985521e7eb14/view

## Description

The NOAA Office of the Chief Information Officer through the NOAA Cloud Program Office (NCPO) requires cloud services to support the NOAA Cloud Strategy, which involves multi-cloud, multi-tenant, FedRAMP certified commercial cloud computing environments and related capabilities. The aim is to enable direct access to hyperscale cloud services at all organizational levels, from strategic levels to operation in field offices.

This multi-vendor cloud solution must be a direct contract with each Cloud Service Provider, as the CSP must demonstrate direct control over infrastructure changes to allow implementation of changes that meet NOAA requirements.

NOAA intends to enhance its mission by leveraging advanced cloud technologies such as elastic computing, storage, and network infrastructure, providing resilient services with broad geographic accessibility, centralized management with distributed control, enhanced security measures, advanced data analytics capabilities, strong marketplace and partner networks, support for scientific research, data collaboration, and the utilization of composable multi-cloud and collective capabilities from various cloud service providers. NOAA’s acquisition strategy to achieve these goals is to pursue a multi-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle.

## Publications

- October 9, 2024: Sources sought, due October 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice 92d989e8607c495a9d4a985521e7eb14. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92d989e8607c495a9d4a985521e7eb14/view

## Points of contact

- Eric Olmstead, eric.olmstead@noaa.gov
- Meredith Eaton, meredith.eaton@noaa.gov

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