Contract C77352

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued contract C77352 on July 1, 2026, for a one-year period ending June 30, 2027, valued at $111,655.17. This fixed-cost agreement requires the contractor to analyze historical photographs from the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Program (CREMP) and Southeast Florida Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (SECREMP) sites to quantify coral recruitment patterns preceding the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) outbreak. The project encompasses two primary tasks: quantifying pre-SCTLD recruitment through photographic analysis ($49,381.70) and deploying coral settlement tiles across strategically selected reef sites on Florida's coral reef to assess contemporary coral recruitment ($62,273.47).

Deliverables are structured across four quarterly milestones with specific requirements for progress reporting, photographic documentation, field data collection, and technical submissions. Task 1 requires quality assurance documentation, progress reports, and communications materials throughout the contract period, culminating in a final presentation and 508-compliant report. Task 2 deliverables include quarterly Excel files documenting analyzed phototransect sites and years, with 25% completion per quarter. Task 3 deliverables, due in Q3 and Q4, require field deployment logs with site coordinates and depth data, with 50% completion by the Q3 deadline of March 16, 2027. All raw project data and photographic subsets are to be submitted with the final deliverables due June 15, 2027.