Contract C7764F

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded contract C7764F on July 1, 2026, for a one-year fixed-cost agreement valued at $225,000.05, with performance concluding on June 30, 2027. The contract supports a comprehensive coral reef ecosystem research initiative focused on understanding, reducing, and mitigating coral reef declines in Southeast Florida. The deliverables are organized across six task areas with specific geographic focus on St. Lucie Reef, Palm Beach, and the Key Jaragua Caribbean Action Program (KJCAP) areas.

The contract encompasses coral monitoring and reconnaissance activities, restoration monitoring operations, coral bleaching threshold assessments with evaluations of thermal tolerance treatments, coral recruitment assessments within KJCAP, reproductive dynamics studies for early successional coral species, and comprehensive project reporting. Deliverables are structured on a quarterly basis through June 2027, with specific data submission requirements including field dive logs, monitoring datasheets, photographic documentation, experimental designs, settlement and deployment records, biopsy metadata, permit documentation, and interim progress reports to the contracting agency. The fixed-cost structure is contingent upon submission and approval of deliverables as detailed in the contract Scope of Work.