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$85,352,217

Department of Commerce·National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

to GUIDEHOUSE DIGITAL LLC

weather-climateexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-06-12·LATEST ACTION2026-05-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1305L219FNWWX0002_1330_HHSN316201200073W_7529
Award description

WEATHER CLIMATE AND COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES (WCCIS)

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2019 NOAA weather and climate computing infrastructure contract supporting operational forecasting and climate research systems.

Sub-sectors
noaa-infrastructureweather-computingclimate-modeling
Why this matters

NOAA's computing backbone underpins hurricane forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate science—critical for public safety and climate resilience planning.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains demand for high-performance computing hardware, data storage, and software integration services supporting federal meteorological operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. weather forecasting superiority depends on advanced computing; China invests heavily in competing meteorological infrastructure and modeling capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-31. Cost: $0.002964.

Period of performance
Start
2019-06-12
End
2024-06-11
Status
expired749 days ago
Sources

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