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James E. Astderson
Director - Government Services
WeatherBug
2-5 Metropolitan Ct.
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Donald L. Druitt, Sr.
Domestic Preparedness & Emergency Management Coordinator
528 NW Second Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311
RE: Sole Source Justification for WcatberDug Products snd.Services
Dear Mr. Druitt:
WeatherBug operates a proprietary weather observing network of nearly 8,000 weather stations,
including approximately 300 in Florida and 35 in Broward County, This network is completely
unique. Weather tracking stations and cameras, primarily mounted at schools and public safety
facilities, stream live data end imagery through our proprietary network architecture to over
20,000,000 active users every 2-seconds. it is the only truly real-time and highly dense network of
weather stations. There is no other comparable network or source of data in the U.S. Access to
this data is provided through a suite of proprietary applications and data feeds and available only
from WeatherBug.
Within Broward County, the State of Florida, and throughout the United States, government
agencies have repeatedly elected to work with WeatherBug on a sole source basis because of out
vast network assets in there area. Because of these assets, we are the only company that can
economically provide real-time, local weather intelligence and alerting for public safety officials,
departments of transportation, public works departments or other agencies. By utilizing our
network organizations inherently leverage the investment made by our existing partners-- schools,
TV broadcasters, government agencies and the general public - In their area.
Currently in Broward County we are under sole source contract with the Broward County
Sherilrs .Department and the Broward County Emergency Management Agency. Other sole
source customers in Florida include the Lee County Emergency Management Agency, Cape Coral
Fire Department and several other organizations.
Please do not hesitate to calf ifyou need additional information or assistance,
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