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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded contract C77696 on July 1, 2026, for a one-year fixed-cost agreement valued at $389,998.26, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2027. The contract establishes a deliverable-based engagement to implement the Second-generation Louvain-la-Neuve Ice-ocean Model (SLIM) for evaluating hydrographic connectivity between South Florida rivers, inlets, and neighboring reefs during the 2018–2024 period. The primary objective is to identify inland sources of high nutrient water affecting marine environments. The contract is structured across four substantive tasks: Reporting ($99,419.08), Data Assembly, Integration, and Summarization ($99,030.05), Integrating Coral Reef Monitoring Data and Developing Predictive Statistical Models ($131,416.04), and Defining Water Quality Seascapes ($60,133.09).

Deliverables are distributed across four quarterly phases, with the majority of contract value ($295,841.90) concentrated in the final deliverable period due June 15, 2027. Key Q2 deliverables due January 6, 2027 ($94,156.36) include preliminary databases, geographic information system layers, and geodatabases encompassing the full study period and temporal windows. Final deliverables due in Q4 include comprehensive databases, final geographic information system layers and geodatabases, a 508-compliant final report in both Portable Document Format and Word formats, raw project data, a final presentation with supporting slides, and photographic documentation. The contract specifies that draft reports must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the final deliverables deadline.