CN-370000-PL352-T9.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Form (Task Assignment No. 9) for a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) indefinite delivery contract (PL352) with F4 TECH (FORESTECH Consulting, Inc.), a contractor based in Tallahassee, Florida. The contract is managed by FDEP through the Department of Environmental Protection, with Wes Howell serving as the DEP Task Manager and Jim Singleton as the FDEP Contract Manager. The project involves forest and vegetation inventory data collection across four state parks in Florida: Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park, Wekiva Springs State Park, Rock Springs Run State Reserve, and Ochlockonee River State Park.

The task assignment establishes a forest and vegetation inventory project with a fixed price structure of $40 per inventory plot and $90 per audit plot, generating a total not-to-exceed task value of $51,240.00. The work encompasses designing inventory plots, collecting forest and vegetation data using stratified random sampling methods, conducting field audits on 3% of inventoried plots, and hosting a SilvAssist Dashboard for ongoing data access through ArcGIS web map services. The contract runs from July 15, 2016, to June 30, 2017, covering 1,200 inventory plots and 36 audit plots across the specified state parks. Data deliverables include raw forest/vegetation inventory attributes, processed datasets, and a web-based dashboard, with all costs for travel and materials included in the fixed-price arrangement. Funding is allocated from budget entity 37100400, project SL002, with a total encumbrance of $51,240.00 for fiscal year 08/11/16.