DEP Contract No. PL263, Attachment A, Page 1 of 1

TASK ASSIGNMENT NOTIFICATION FORM

DEP CONTRACT NO. PL263

Task Assignment Number: ___904 Date: ___06/09/2020___

Contractor:__FNAI/FSU

Contractor Contract Manager:__Dan Hipes _________________________________ Phone Number:_850-224-8207

DEP Contract Manager: _Deborah Burr _______________________________ Phone Number:_850-245-2773

Task Description (Use additional sheets if necessary): Preliminary review and evaluation of Florida Forever land acquisition

Projects/Proposals and Resource Evaluation of Florida Forever land acquisition Projects/Proposals

Final Deliverables and Due Dates: See attached Details for 904

Performance Measures: See attached Details for 904

Financial Consequences: No payment will be made for unsatisfactory deliverables

Term of Task Assignment: July 1, 2020 through June 15, 2021

TASK ASSIGNMENT TYPE AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNTS:

FEE SCHEDULE FIXED PRICE TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE

X X $50,000

TOTAL TASK ASSIGNMENT VALUE $50,000

Funding Information:

Org Code EO Object Code Fund Category Project # Year Amount

3710-2400-000 NE 139900 348014 084108 80047 20 $50,000

CONTRACTOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Contract Manager Date Contract Manager Date

APPROVED:

Contractual Authority Date _________________________ _______

Budget Representative Date

Contractual Authority Date cc: Procurement Administrator (MS93) Bureau of Finance & Accounting (MS78) - 2 copies

Sheryl Boutin Digitally signed by Sheryl Boutin Date: 2020.06.09 14:59:45 -04'00'

Deborah Burr Digitally signed by Deborah Burr Date: 2020.06.15 12:14:55 -04'00'

Callie DeHaven Digitally signed by Callie DeHaven Date: 2020.06.15 13:27:10 -04'00'

Julie Wammack

Digitally signed by Julie Wammack Date: 2020.06.16 16:18:34 -04'00'

Daniel Hipes Digitally signed by Daniel Hipes Date: 2020.06.17 08:32:36 -04'00'

PL263 – Task Assignment 904 – Details

Preliminary Review and Evaluation of Florida Forever Projects/Proposals and Resource Evaluation of Projects/Proposals

The CONTRACTOR, Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), will utilize their data systems and staff expertise to provide scientific and technical support to the Division of State Lands and the Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) for:

(a) Preliminary evaluation and review of up to ten (10) Florida Forever land acquisition proposals/projects.

(b) Site Visit Evaluation (Field Assessment) of up to ten (10) Florida Forever land acquisition proposals/projects in order to proceed through the resource evaluation process.

The total amount allocated for this Task #904 shall be $50,000 and can be amended if the DEPARTMENT determines a need. Work done under this Task is subject to the negotiated overhead rate of 5% as specified in the master agreement PL263. Any work completed by the CONTRACTOR in excess of $50,000 shall be at the CONTRACTOR’S sole discretion and the DEPARTMENT shall not be responsible for reimbursing the CONTRACTOR for such additional services unless this task assignment is specifically amended to allow for such additional work.

ARC Support: Acquisition Planning:

Preliminary Evaluation

The CONTRACTOR will review up to ten (10) Florida Forever proposals/projects and provide a written evaluation summarizing the ecological resource value of each proposal/project based upon information in the FNAI Biotics database (as described in Task 901) and a review of aerial photography. At a minimum, the following will be included in the evaluation: Biological Conservation Priority; Natural Resource Description (narrative of the resources determined to be on site); tables of natural communities and rare species on the sites; tables of Florida Forever Measures for each site; Florida Forever Report Maps and Aerial Maps of each site.

The DEPARTMENT will provide the CONTRACTOR with a copy of each application or request for a new acquisition proposal at least six weeks prior to the ARC meeting for which the information is to be presented. The CONTRACTOR will complete the tasks at least two weeks prior to the ARC meeting for which the information is prepared.

Site Visit Evaluation

The CONTRACTOR (FNAI) will participate in a joint agency field inspection coordinated by DEP Staff to evaluate each Florida Forever proposal voted by ARC for further evaluation. FNAI will update information in the Biotics database and use this information along with scientific expertise to provide written components for the Project Evaluation Report (PER) compiled by DEP Staff to be used by ARC in the evaluation and ranking of projects for the Florida Forever list.

Written components submitted by the FNAI for each PER should include the following:

A general description of project size, location, general topography, proximity to existing managed areas or other land acquisition proposals or projects of the Department and land acquisition partners; and information such as length of road and river frontage;

An analysis of the ecological values of natural communities and a description of the extent of other land cover types, as well as a table summarizing the acres and percent;

A description of how and to what extent a project meets certain Florida Forever Performance Measures (B2, B4, B5, B6, C1);

A Florida Forever Measures Evaluation Chart for measures B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C4, C5, C7, C8, D3, E2, F2, and G1;

A table summarizing rare species including their global ranks and the number of acres on site of rare species habitat;

Maps (Florida Forever Report map and aerial) for the Project Evaluation Report boundary.

The DEPARTMENT will provide the CONTRACTOR with a list of new acquisition proposals at least eight weeks prior to the ARC meeting for which the information is to be presented. The CONTRACTOR will complete their portion of the PER report at least three weeks prior to the ARC meeting for which the information is prepared.

Activity cost schedule ( Project Activity Cost Preliminary Evaluation and Review of Florida Forever Land Acquisition Proposals/Projects Not to Exceed 10 @ $1,100 each Review Planning and Resource Evaluation Reports of Florida Forever Land Acquisition Proposals/Projects Not to Exceed 10 @ $3,900 each

Invoices Due and Payable upon completion and submission of Final Reports at the end of each reporting cycle with the final invoice due no later than June 16, 2021. Total cost of this task shall not exceed $50,000.

Invoice Schedule Quarter (Service Dates)

Products due date: Invoice submitted by:

1 (Jul-Sep 2020) Upon request and billed at the end of each quarter

October 15, 2020 2 (Oct-Dec 2020) January 15, 2021 3 (Jan-Mar 2021) April 15, 2021

4 (Apr-Jun 2021) June 15, 2021 (Invoice due the day after products due because of the State fiscal year cutoff for processing invoices)

Invoices should be sent to the DEP CONTRACT MANAGER, Deborah Burr, Deborah.Burr@FloridaDEP.gov and to Sheryl Boutin (sheryl.boutin@dep.state.fl.us).

All invoices shall include the corresponding reporting period.

(For Example: Reporting Period: July 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020)

Rulemaking Authority 259.035(1), (4), 259.105(9), (18) FS. Law Implemented 259.035, 259.04, 259.041, 259.045, 259.07,

259.105 FS. History–New 5-1-10, Amended 2-8-17.