Support key aspects of DEPs Florida Keys-based water quality monitoring program. Service Period…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has awarded a contract effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, for a total contract value of $25,168.00. The contract supports the Department's Florida Keys-based water quality monitoring program through three primary service categories: water quality equipment maintenance (35% of effort), data management (50% of effort), and field activities support (15% of effort). Water quality equipment maintenance services include cleaning, calibration, and preparation of sondes for deployment, with all calibration documentation maintained in both paper and digital formats on the FKNMS_Share drive at a Department facility.

Data management services constitute the primary deliverable under this contract, requiring continuous formatting, backup, and processing of raw water quality monitoring data in accordance with the Aquatic Preserves Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Quality Assurance Plan. All raw data must be saved as both binary and comma-separated values files, processed into Limited files, and uploaded to the Centralized Data Management Office's Non-SWMP Data Upload website, with quality assurance files maintained on the FKNMS_Share drive. Data management work may be performed at either a Department facility or, with prior approval, at a Centers for the Advancement of Science in Space facility. Field activities support encompasses assistance with water quality sampling, sonde swaps, and benthic assessments, with SCUBA diving permitted only upon presentation of current Letters of Reciprocity. Quarterly deliverables include calibration logs, continuous water quality raw data files, and processed data files.