CN-370000-PL263-T807.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment F) for DEP Contract No. PL263, issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on December 19, 2019. The contractor is FNAI/FSU (Florida Natural Areas Inventory/Florida State University), with Dan Hipes serving as the Contractor Contract Manager and Gregg Walker as the DEP Task Manager. The task assignment (No. 807) is effective upon execution through June 30, 2020 and covers environmental assessment and monitoring work in support of land management and storm recovery on Florida State Parks.

Task Assignment 807 encompasses four distinct work tasks with a total contract value of $76,586 under a fixed-price, fee-schedule arrangement. Task 1 involves documentation of reference natural communities (upland hardwood forest, marl prairie, and depression marsh) including field surveys at two sites per community type with 30 sampling points each, resulting in a final report with quantitative data and web-accessible resources ($42,000). Task 2 requires development of a long-term hurricane damage assessment and restoration monitoring plan for Hurricane Michael recovery across specified state parks, including monitoring plot data, resources documentation, and laser scanner analysis ($18,852). Task 3 covers exotic plant surveys at select parks across 20 management units and assessment methodology development ($8,380). Task 4 involves invasive aquatic plant assessment at Paynes Prairie using systematic grid-based sampling of four plant species across approximately 11,500 acres ($7,354). Invoices are due by April 1, 2020 and June 15, 2020, payable to DEP Contract Manager Callie DeHaven, with funding charged to Org Code 3760-0600-000, Project #80103.