Document Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form for Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Contract No. BS029, issued to Coastal Technology Corporation by the state through the Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems. The document represents a professional services contract for field work related to the Hardbottom Mitigation Project. The assignment notification dated July 18, 2011, identifies Michael Walther, P.E. of Coastal Technology Corporation as the contractor manager and Paden Woodruff as the FDEP contract manager. The project team includes Jacksonville University, Florida Institute of Technology, East Coast Biologists, CSA International, Inc., and Coastal Eco-Group, with expertise across macroalgae, motile invertebrates, newly settled fishes, and marine turtles in coastal ecology.

The contract value for Task Assignment 5 is $279,332.94 on a fixed-price basis, with execution through November 30, 2013. The scope of work provides professional services for field work on the Hardbottom Mitigation Project, which investigates ecological functions of nearshore hard bottom habitats in East Florida and evaluates appropriate design and placement of hard bottom or reef mitigation structures. Deliverables include field surveys across multiple sampling events collecting data on macroalgae, epibiota, wormrock, newly settled fishes, and marine turtles at varying water depths. The project involves laboratory analysis, data management, technical advisory committee meetings, and production of draft and final reports with comprehensive databases and digital imagery. Funding is sourced through grant 140126 from fiscal year 2008-2009 using organizational code 8735 6010 000.