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The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) operates the Canadian upper air, meteorological, climate and hydrological networks, among others. One of the important components of its mandate is the acquisition of data from its networks. The upper air data collected are used to reinitialize digital models for producing weather forecasts.
Conduct two upper air soundings, in the morning and evening, every day of the year for Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada. The site and buildings for these soundings shall be provided by the Contractor, and shall be identified in this contract as the Maniwaki Upper Air Station. The Maniwaki Upper Air Station shall be located within 20 km of downtown Maniwaki, Quebec. All equipment and instruments shall be provided by Environment Canada’s MSC.
The requested services shall be performed for one (1) year, from the date of the contract award, with the possibility of four (4) extensions of one (1) year each.
