Weather Services RFP Kent Mayer Assistant Chief Maintenance
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Weather Services RFP Kent Mayer Assistant Chief Maintenance Engineer Nevada Department of Transportation Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) 2006 Annual Stakeholder Meeting Falls Church, Virginia August 10 -11, 2006
If this is a partly cloudy forecast what is going to happen when they predict snow
History n Informal Contract with Northwest Weathernet, Inc. for last 15± years. n North Western Region of Nevada including Sierra Nevada Mountain areas n Regional Weather Forecasts n DTN Satellite Services from 1996 most of State
History Cont. n Agreement with Meteologix in 2003 for Weather Sentry Upgrade n Trial on Web based System Winter and Spring 2005 -2006. n Both Sole Source
Request for Proposals n n Request for proposals advertised on July 17, 2006 Proposals due back by August 22, 2006 Depending on number of proposals committee to review and invite vendors formal presentation, and rank proposals. weeks. Goal to have services in-place for the 20062007 winter season.
Scope of Services n Weather Forecast n General characteristics of the weather event n Precipitation n Near surface wind gusts n Near surface air temperature n Near surface relative humidity
Scope of Services Cont. n Near surface dew points n Mesoscale phenomenon n Severe weather conditions n Pavement Temperature Forecasts
Meteorological Management Services Requirements n n n Specific forecasts for maintenance Service areas (80)-may combine if similar. Concern level rating Spring & Summer specific construction or Maintenance Projects Defined microclimates on a route specific basis Annual and quarterly meetings
Consultant Services n 24 hour personalized statewide meteorological support via telephone n Management telephone conferences when potential sever weather conditions are forecast.
Miscellaneous Provisions n n n E-mail forecasts twice daily Web posted Unscheduled updates when conditions change from original forecasts. Statistical analysis forecast verification rates. Option of vendors to propose alternative or new technology from items identified in RFP.
