CN-370000-BS029-T5CO2.pdf

This document is a Task Assignment Change Order Form (Attachment B) for DEP Contract No. BS029, issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Division of Water Resource Management. The change order was received on February 28, 2013, and involves Coastal Technology Corporation as the contractor, with Michael Walther, P.E., serving as the Contractor Contract Manager and Dena VanLandingham as the DEP Contract Manager. The underlying contract supports the Hardbottom Mitigation Project, a research initiative examining the ecological functions of nearshore hard bottom habitats in East Florida as mitigation for impacts from beach nourishment projects.

This change order (Task Assignment Number 5, Change Order No. 2) revises the deliverables schedule for Tasks 7 through 11 and extends the task completion date by two months, from December 31, 2013, to February 28, 2014, to accommodate adequate time for completion of deliverables and Department review. The task amount remains unchanged at $279,332.94, with no net increase or decrease in cost. Funding is sourced from Organization Code 3735.6010 000, E.O. B6, Object Code 131500, Special Category 140126, Fiscal Year 08/09. The project involves field sampling, laboratory analysis, data management, quality assurance/quality control, and technical advisory committee meetings focused on macroalgae, epibiota, wormrock, newly settled fishes, and marine turtles across study areas in Palm Beach County, with final deliverables including one electronic and ten hard copies of the final report plus electronic copies of raw data and digital still images.