(1) Vendor needs to provide weather data source.– The services of a weather monitoring firm to provide accurate and reliable weather forecast data through an internet–based application programming interface.• Allow weather data to be obtained electronically through an internet–based application programming interface.• Weather Service application programming interface should be able to provide updates at least once an hour.• The application programming interface should provide at a minimum 10 days, 240 hours total, of hourly forecast data. This requirement is such that the forecast data will be provided before the hour in which the data will be used.• Weather Service application programming interface shall provide the peak dry–bulb temperature forecast expected within the applicable hour.• Weather forecast data for multiple locations will be required, specific number of locations required will depend on quantity and location of available weather service stations, see evaluation criteria.o A unique name shall be used to identify each weather forecast location.• Weather Service application programming interface should provide forecast data for all the desired locations in a single file.• The file must contain forecast and current temperature and may contain additional weather data.• Each temperature forecast will be time–stamped with the date and hour in which the forecast applies.(2) All questions must be submitted no later than June 26, 2024.
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