Contract C76F1F

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded contract C76F1F on July 1, 2026, for a one-year fixed-cost agreement valued at $89,985.73, with performance extending through June 30, 2027. The contract focuses on habitat enhancement and crab production initiatives in the Florida Keys, with deliverables structured across four quarterly milestones. The prime contractor will execute a comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan, develop field work documentation, and submit progress reports and photographic materials at designated intervals throughout the performance period.

The primary deliverables encompass four interconnected tasks: developing and implementing a Quality Assurance Plan ($3,450.00); quantifying crab production capacity in selected artificial habitat systems ($28,520.00); evaluating genetic outcomes resulting from crab translocation efforts ($32,818.70); and assessing operational roadblocks associated with Caribbean King crab life cycle management ($25,197.03). The contractor is obligated to produce detailed spreadsheets documenting quarterly crab collection data, representative field and laboratory imagery, spatiotemporal variation analysis, raw project data, and a comprehensive 508-compliant final report in both portable document format and editable word processing formats. Final deliverables are due June 15, 2027, with the majority of compensation ($66,535.73) scheduled for release upon completion and approval of all documentation.