NextGen Data Collection Platform for U.S. Geological Survey's Water Mission Area (NGWOS)

Next Generation Data Collection Platform Request for Information ** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO: Friday, Dec. 17th 2021 ** The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Next Generation Water Observing System and the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility are seeking information from industry, academia, nonprofits, and research institutions on the development of a data collection platform (DCP) with features and capabilities that align with modern telemetry and monitoring technologies. The USGS anticipates replacing approximately 6,900 DCPs that do not meet the GOES CS2 upgrade requirement by May 31, 2026. View requirement details at https://dcs1.noaa.gov/ . To ensure this significant investment in new DCPs provides maximum benefit to the public and the water monitoring community, the USGS aims to identify, or partner in the development of, a modern DCP that not only meets the GOES CS2 requirement, but provides additional capabilities, functionality, and features not found in current systems. For a list of several desired system specifications and features for a next generation DCP, link to: https://bit.ly/3nNlMJW . This Request for Information (RFI) is to help identify maturing technologies and emerging products that meet these requirements and (or) interested partners who are capable of jointly developing a Next Generation DCP that can integrate with current and evolving USGS monitoring efforts per the Stevenson-­Wydler Act (15 U.S.C. § 3710a, as amended). Please submit responses to this RFI to [email protected] no later than November 30, 2021 **Deadline extended**. Responses should include information on existing products and (or) products under development and indicate which system specifications or features they support. An information session is scheduled for October 29, 2021 from 1-2pm Eastern Time. If you are interested in learning more about this RFI and ways your organization can collaborate with the USGS to develop this product, please register for the information session by completing the form at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/yaxPSDnR6x . Questions may also be addressed to [email protected] or to Russ Lotspeich at (804) 205-6685. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for the requested information. This is solely a request for information and is not a Funding Opportunity Announcement. USGS is not accepting requests for funding applications to this RFI. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation.