Task Assignment Notification Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form under DEP Contract No. PL263 issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The task assignment was issued to contractor FNAI/FSU under Task Assignment Number 605, dated June 7, 2017. The contract manager on behalf of FNAI/FSU is Dan Hipes, and the DEP Contract Manager is Raymond Spaulding. The task involves conservation easement monitoring services to be performed over the term of July 1, 2017 through June 16, 2018.

The scope of work comprises monitoring of conservation easements and land protection agreements on private lands throughout Florida to ensure grantor compliance with easement terms and conditions. Services include examining agricultural and silvicultural practices, assessing wetland extent and quality, reporting on invasive exotic plants, determining new development compliance, reshooting GPS points, producing de facto baseline documentation, and preparing monitoring reports. The total task assignment value is $54,135, consisting of a fixed price contract. Compensation is allocated from Org Code 3710-1000-000 with Fund 423001, Category 101496, and Year 00. The contractor must submit invoices for fall 2017 monitoring by January 16, 2018 and spring 2018 monitoring by June 16, 2018. Exhibit C details 48 specific conservation easement projects scheduled for monitoring across two seasons, with fall 2017 costs totaling $33,095 and spring 2018 costs totaling $21,040, comprised of individual easement monitoring costs ranging from $1,052 to $5,939.