Document Summary

This document is a Task Assignment Change Order Form (Change Order No. 1) dated June 20, 2008, for DEP Contract No. WM914, a TMDL Program Technical Support Services indefinite delivery vehicle. The contract involves the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as the client, BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. as the contractor, and the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) as a collaborating agency. The change order extends the contract period by four months (from June 30, 2008, to October 30, 2008) and increases total funding from $149,660 to $184,340, representing a net increase of $34,680 in the task amount ($72.00 in cost reimbursement and $34,608 in fee schedule).

The contract provides technical support services for the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and pre-BMAP (Basin Management Action Planning) assistance for Lakes George, Harney, and Monroe in the Middle St. Johns Basin. The scope encompasses five primary tasks: kickoff meetings with DEP and SJRWMD staff; comprehensive data collection from multiple stakeholders including water quality, hydrological, ecological, and infrastructure data; data review, synthesis, and evaluation to establish scientific understanding of impaired waterbodies; an inventory of existing hydrodynamic and water quality models; and linking limnological and ecological information to TMDL-related resource management and policy issues. Deliverables include meeting minutes, an integrated digital database with GIS shapefiles following FDEP metadata standards, interim and final evaluation reports, and a project wrap-up meeting. The total contract value is $184,340, funded through Organization Code 3735301000 under Grant No. 088964 for fiscal year 2008, with cost reimbursement of $6,212 and a fee schedule of $178,128.