What this opportunity is
The Department of the Interior is seeking mobile weather stations for evapotranspiration (ET) measurements, specifically targeting Indian Economic Enterprises (IEE) under a set-aside program. The required equipment includes various sensors for temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation, along with a compatible data logger. This combined synopsis/solicitation notice indicates that interested businesses should track the opportunity closely, as it may require a proposal rather than a simple bid submission.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Southwestern Regional Office
Division of Natural Resources, Water Resources & Irrigation
Specifications
Mobile Weather Stations
For ET measurements
June 18, 2026
General Description:
Research grade mobile weather station: Campbell, ET107 or similar
• Mounting Tripod: Up to 10 feet, 3 meters height
• Precipitation/Rain gauge (in or mm)
• Temperature gauge (F° or C°)
• Humidity sensor, relative humidity (RH%)
• Wind Speed & direction gauge (mph or meters/s)
• Solar Radiation Sensor (W/m2).
• Data Logger, that can automatically Calculate Evapotranspiration using
Penman-Monteith method.
• Include all required mounting, calibration and power kits for sensors
Data Logger: Cambell CR1000M or similar
• Processor: CPU Drive: 50 MB serial flash, 2 MB flash, 7 MB RAM or greater.
• Analog Inputs: 16 single-ended or 8 differentials individually configured input
channels or more. Range: in (mV) +/- 5000 to +/- 2.5, Resolution: in (μV) 1333
to 0.67.
• CPU Drive: 50 MB serial flash or greater
• Data Storage: 50 MB serial flash or greater
• Operating System: 2 MB flash
• Settings, Calibration, TLS Certificates and Key, System Information: 3 MB
serial flash or greater
• Background Tasks and Table Information, Buffers, System Memory,
Program Variables: 7 MB RAM or greater
• Program Execution Period: 100 ms to 1 day
• Resolution: 1 ms or lower
• Accuracy: ±3 min. per year or greater
Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge: Texas Electronics, TE525-5m TE525 or similar
• Closure time: 135 ms or faster
• Bounce settling time: 0.75 ms or lower
• Resolution: 1 tip
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Solar Radiation Sensor: Cambell, CS305-ET or similar
• Spectral range: 300-1100 nm minimum
• Measurement range: 0 to 2000 W/m2 or greater
Humidity and temperature sensors: Cambell, HMP60-ETS or similar
• Temperature Range: -40-60 °C or greater
• Humidity Range: 0% – 100%
• Temperature Accuracy: ±0.6 °C or greater
• Humidity Accuracy: ±5 % (–40 °C to 0 °C), ±3 % (0 °C to 40 °C), for less than 90%
humidity
Wind Speed and Direction: Cambell, MW 034B-ET
• Wind Speed Range: 0 to 75 m/s (0–167 mph) or greater
• Wind Direction Range: 0° – 360°
• Wind Speed Accuracy: Accuracy: <10.14 m/s: ±0.1 m/s (±0.25 mph)
≥10.14 m/s: ±1.1% of true speed or greater
• Wind Direction Accuracy: ±5° or better
Note all sensors must be compatible with the data logger and the mounting
tripod and include all required mounting kits and power sources.
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Source: SAM.gov, as posted. Verify the current solicitation before responding.