Enhancing the Integration of Drought Impacts and Risk Communication into Regional and National Drought Early Warning
NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1305M325P0248 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 30, 2025Award NoticeTHE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Boulder CO 80309 USA · $320KOpen
- Sep 30, 2025 · this noticeJustification (Sole Source)
Next steps for this stage
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- The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.
What the notice says
To improve current efforts at NOAA�s National Integrated Drought Information System�s (NIDIS) on drought early warning and preparedness, there is a need to improve the integration of drought impact information into both drought monitoring and risk communication. This performance work statement includes three tasks to address these needs: (1) Organize and implement a workshop on Drought Risk Communication, (2) Conduct an Assessment of Drought Impacts and, (3) Provide guidance and content to improve the communication by NIDIS of drought impacts and risk for the U.S. Drought Portal, the regional … (show all)
Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS) networks, and drought planning efforts. This contract was awarded on the basis of other than full and open competition per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501(a). The contracting officer has determined the following circumstances justify the use of a sole source as supported below: Only one source - Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. See attached Sole Source Justification (SSJ) for additional details.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA), same product/service code (PSC) R499.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $80K to $1.8M, median $805K; range $80K to $8.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULTIPLE_AWARDS Silver Spring MD USA | 1 | $8.0B | Sep 2, 2025 |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SALES AND SERVICES CORP | 1 | $1.8M | Aug 27, 2025 |
| GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC | 1 | $805K | Jan 3, 2025 |
| THE WINVALE GROUP, LLC | 1 | $80K | Sep 12, 2025 |
| RED CARROT INC | 1 | $80K | Sep 17, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 17, 2025RED CARROT INC$80KR--EXHIBIT SPACE AT PME, AGU, and AMS CONFERENCESNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 12, 2025THE WINVALE GROUP, LLC$80KR--Winvale Meltwater subscription services contractNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2025MULTIPLE_AWARDS Silver Spring MD USA$8.0BProTech 2.0 - Weather Domain - AWARDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 27, 2025INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SALES AND SERVICES CORP$1.8MR--ASOS SLEP SupportNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 3, 2025GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC$805KR--Revised Ordering PeriodNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 305 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.