Evaluation of Climate Data – Temperature and Precipitation

Environment Canada has a requirement for a Consultant to provide climate data analysis and evaluation services as detailed in the Statement of Work, Annex A to the bid solicitation. The work concerns daily maximum and minimum temperature and total precipitation observations for all viable stations in North America that report these observations from 1950 to 2015. Processing includes but is not limited to performing quality control of climate data and applying adjustments using procedures customized for spatial analysis purposes; correction for different definition of climatological day at principal and ordinary climate stations; development of algorithms to adjust manual and automated observations and integrate additional sources of meteorological observations from various networks in North America. The period of the contract is from Contract Award March 31, 2017, with the option to extend the contract for one additional one year period, to March 31 2018. For services requirements, bidders in receipt of a pension or a lump sum payment must provide the required information as detailed in article 3 of Part 2 of the bid solicitation. The requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). There are no security requirements associated with this requirement.