Document Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Task Assignment 404) issued under DEP Contract No. PL513 by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to Florida State University/Florida Natural Areas Inventory. The task assignment is effective from July 1, 2025, through June 17, 2026, and is managed by Contractor Contact Manager Frank Price and FDEP Contract Manager Sine Murray. The document outlines monitoring obligations for conservation easements and land protection agreements held by the Board of Trustees on private lands throughout Florida.

The contractor will conduct site assessments to monitor grantors' compliance with conservation easement and land protection agreement terms and restrictions. Services include examining agricultural and silvicultural practices, assessing wetland extent and quality, reporting on invasive and nonnative plant species, determining new development compliance, revisiting GPS photopoints, and preparing monitoring reports using a standardized template. The total task assignment value is $87,427.00, structured as a fee schedule with fixed pricing. The cost breakdown includes fall 2025 monitoring totaling $36,694 across 21 easement sites and spring 2026 monitoring totaling $50,733 across 24 easement sites. Monitoring reports for fall 2025 assessments are due by January 15, 2026, and spring 2026 reports are due by June 17, 2026. Work is subject to a negotiated overhead rate of 10% as specified in the master agreement. Invoices should be submitted to Sine Murray and Jill Buckley at the FDEP.