CN-370000-BS029-TA1 CO5.pdf

This document comprises a Task Assignment Change Order Form (Attachment B) and a Contract Amendment 7 for the Statewide Habitat Conservation Plan for Florida Beaches, a professional services contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (as contractor) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (as client). The primary contractor performing the work is Coastal Technology Corporation (COASTAL TECH), with support from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI). The project is funded through a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant via the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, with the project serving to support the development of a Florida Beaches Habitat Conservation Plan (FBHCP) addressing activities permitted seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line.

The contract establishes Year 4 deliverables valued at $1,270,350, with the total contract amount from September 26, 2008 to December 31, 2012 not to exceed $1,832,178. The revised budget allocates $325,000 to data collection and GIS database tasks, $165,000 to HCP chapters, $67,000 to implementation policy development, $12,500 to outreach, $100,000 to committee and workgroup meetings, and $97,000 to project management, along with associated federal and indirect costs. Year 4 work includes drafting nine chapters of the FBHCP, conducting coastal armoring, dune walkover, upland development, and beach cleaning studies, developing a GIS database with species impact analysis, and preparing outreach materials and implementation strategies. The completion date was extended from September 30, 2010 to December 31, 2012, with a one-year net increase in the task period. The contractor must provide matching contributions of $271,000 in non-federal, in-kind support for the January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012 contract period.