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See Schedule $277,581.00

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US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FINANCE CTR

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W912EP-15-C-0020

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1 Job $127,700.00 $127,700.00

Seagrass Harvest

FFP

Planting and Monitoring Project No. 397394 The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to conduct this natural resource survey as defined in this Performance Work Statement below.

FOB: Destination

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: W32CS551662307

NET AMT $127,700.00

ACRN AA

CIN: W32CS5516623070001

$127,700.00

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0002 1 Job $149,881.00 $149,881.00

Monitoring Seagrass

FFP

Planting and Monitoring Project No. 397394 The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to conduct this natural resource survey as defined in this Performance Work Statement below.

NET AMT $149,881.00

ACRN AA

CIN: 000000000000000000000000000000

$149,881.00

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government

0002 Destination Government Destination Government

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS UIC

0001 POP 31-AUG-2015 TO

31-MAR-2016

N/A PD COASTAL SECTION

TERRI JORDAN-SELLERS

CESAJ-PD-PC

701 SAN MARCO BLVD

JACKSONVILLE FL 32207-8175

904-232-1817

K3K0BI0

0002 POP 31-AUG-2015 TO

31-AUG-2020

N/A (SAME AS PREVIOUS LOCATION)

K3K0BI0

ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

AA: 096 NA X 2015 3122 000 0000 CCS: 999 K3 2015 08 2444 099990 96083 2520 344KK7 NA 344KK7

AMOUNT: $277,581.00

CIN 000000000000000000000000000000: $149,881.00

CIN W32CS5516623070001: $127,700.00

WAGE DETERMINATION

In the performance of this contract the Contractor shall comply with the requirements of the U.S. Department of

Labor Wage Determination Numbers (See below), dated (See below). Wage Determinations are available on line at www.wdol.gov or at http://www.wdol.gov/sca.aspx

Wage Determinations are required for all counties in the State of Florida, as follows:

2005-2119, Rev 17, dated 07/08/2015

WD 2119 includes: Collier, Dade and Monroe Counties

AMENDED PERFORMANCE WORK STATE

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Miami Beach Coast Guard Station Seagrass Mitigation Site Planting and 5-year Monitoring

(Project no. 397394)

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide seagrass harvest, planting, immediate post planting and five year survival monitoring at the Julia Tuttle Seagrass Mitigation Area for impacts to seagrasses associated with dredging of the USCG vessel HUDSON’s slip at the Miami Beach Coast Guard Station, Miami-Dade County, FL. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to conduct this http://www.wdol.gov/ http://www.wdol.gov/sca.aspx seagrass harvest, planting effort and survival survey as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: Miami-Dade County is located on the southeast of Florida between Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys. The county is bounded to the north by Broward County and to the south by Monroe County. The Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area is located immediately north of the Julia Tuttle Causeway, between the Intracoastal Waterway and Miami Beach (Figure 1). The harvest and planting of seagrasses shall take place within a 0.5 acre area selected by the contractor, from a larger 2.5 acre area which is barren of seagrass after the construction of a larger seagrass mitigation area. The site selection shall based on the contractor’s expert opinion and extensive experience with seagrass restoration projects in Florida and knowledge of the larger area to located an optimal area within the 2.5 acres for the planting of the 0.5 acres. Monitoring of previously planted seagrasses shall take place within a within the 0.5 acre area where grasses were planted during the summer of 2015 for five progressive summers (2016-2020) during the recognized seagrass growing season of June through October.

Figure 1. Project Study Vicinity Map

1.2.1 Project Authority: Support agreement between Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Agreement #HSCG-82-15-XPMV190) signed April 14, 2015.

1.2.2 Technical Qualifications: This project is located near high quality resources in Southeast Florida, including designated Florida Outstanding Water and Aquatic Preserve. This work shall be performed by professional scientists having all pertinent and related certification and demonstrable credential expertise to perform the necessary level of physical attributes and technology required for sub-aquatic work of this nature.

1.3 Objectives: Harvest, planting and immediate post-planting monitoring of seagrass in a 0.5 acre site located north of the Julia Tuttle Causeway to serve as mitigation for unavoidable impacts to seagrasses associated with the maintenance dredging of the USCG Cutter HUDSON’s berth.

1.4 Scope: This PWS addresses tasks to be completed for the completion of the seagrass harvest, planting and monitoring for 30-days post-planting, with potential replanting if the planted areas fail located at the Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area in Miami-Dade County, FL.

Task 1 - Field Activities:

A) SEAGRASS HARVEST – The Contractor shall harvest S. filiforme from the approved seagrass harvest areas for the Miami Harbor seagrass mitigation at the Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area. Harvest of apical meristems (aerial runners or meristems in the sediment) will be the focus of the collection. The contractor shall use the means and methods described in the “Julia Tuttle Mitigation Project’s Seagrass Harvest and Planting Strategy” submitted and approved for the Miami Harbor Deepening Project, Contract W912EP-13-C-0015 (attached).

B) SEAGRASS PLANTING – The contractor shall plant the harvested seagrass on 1 meter centers within a 0.5 acre area of the 2.5 acres which were not planted as part of the Miami Harbor Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area using the means and methods described in the “Julia Tuttle Mitigation Project’s Seagrass Harvest and Planting Strategy” submitted and approved for the Miami Harbor Deepening Project, Contract W912EP- 13-C-0015 (attached).

C) 30-DAYS POST PLANTING MONITORING - The Contractor shall conduct a monitoring event within 30 days of planting being completed to verify that the PU's were assembled and planted per planting plan and are anchored in the sediment. Quality control during planting should be employed to be sure the work is completed as referenced in Fonseca et al 1998. Upon failure of 70% or more of the PUs to survive, the Contractor shall assess the potential reasons for failure and coordinate with the COTR to determine if additional planting would result in higher survival, or if alternative remediative measures must be taken to increase survival to acceptable rates (>70% of all PUs). The assessment of remediative measures must be completed and submitted to the COTR within 30-days after the survey is complete.

D) ANNUAL MONITORING – The Contractor shall conduct an annual monitoring event during the summer growing season for the 0.5 acre area which was planted in the summer of 2015. During the annual kick off meeting to be held in February of each year’s required monitoring, the contractor shall provide a monitoring plan that provides for the documentation of success of the seagrass mitigation for review by the Corps. Comments and questions about the monitoring plan shall be provided from the Corps to the Contractor. The contractor shall provide edits to the plan in response to the comments, as appropriate.

Task 2 - Report of Findings:

A) Report of Survival: Within 45-days after completion of the post-planting monitoring and determination , of survival of >70% of the PUs, the contractor will prepare a report detailing a description of methodology used to harvest the grass, prepare and plant the PUs, survey for success of the plantings and results of the survival survey. The contractor will provide two hard copies and two CD’s to the District as detailed in Section 5.3.

B) Annual Report of Findings: Within 60-days after completion of the annual monitoring of the grass area planted in the summer of 2015, the contractor will prepare a report detailing the expansion of the planted seagrasses over the previous year, species composition, aerial coverage and density. The contractor will provide two hard copies and two CD’s to the District as detailed in Section 5.3.

1.5 Period of Performance Schedule: The total period of performance of the contract, will not exceed five years (60-months) from date of award. Please see Technical Exhibit 2, Part 7 for a comprehensive break-down of the tasks completion and deliverables schedule.

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: The contractor shall utilize their standard commercial Quality Control procedures in the performance of this service.

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: Government Quality Assurance will be in accordance with PWS Part 7 (Performance Requirements Summary.)

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays:

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Columbus Day Presidents’ Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Independence Day Christmas Day

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:30PM, Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential. Hours of operation set forth for business operations do not apply to field work, including in water survey efforts.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at the project area and contractor facilities.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a firm fixed price GSA task order.

1.6.7 Security Requirements: Reserved.

1.6.7.1 PHYSICAL Security: Reserved.

1.6.7.2 Key Control: Reserved

1.6.7.3 Lock Combinations: Reserved.

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: The Contractor shall provide verification of at least two (2) sub-aquatic resource survey for seagrass and coral characterization/hardbottom survey within a marine environment in Florida, preferably southeastern Florida or the Florida Keys. The description of this work shall include use of equipment such as hand-held video/still photography and manually dived groundtruthing survey.

1. Contractor shall have experience and demonstrated knowledge of southeastern Florida marine environment, especially seagrass resources, professional diving certification, safe boat operation, and all other associated equipment and/or technology used in conjunction with manual diving operations, for successful completion of the field services portion of the contract, i.e. DGPS, digital camera, etc.

2. Contractor shall have past and current experience in performing seagrass harvest, planting and monitoring in Florida; processing, interpretation, and presentation of data; generation of a comprehensive report describing field activities, statement of findings, and significance of interpreted data.

1.6.9 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 42.5. The contracting officer, Contracting Officers Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.6.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): Reserved.

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the government: Contract Manager and Alternative Contract Manager. The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 8:00AM and 4:30PM, Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

1.6.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.6.13 Contractor Travel: Travel, as and if required, to and from the Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area and seagrass harvest locations.

1.6.14 Other Direct Costs: Not Applicable.

1.6.15 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract.

All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.6.16 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may effect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

1.6.17 Phase in/Phase out Period: Reserved.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor having a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications.

This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered but may include non-physical things such as meeting minutes.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.12. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.13. WORK WEEK. Is defined as Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement AR Army Regulation CCE Contracting Center of Excellence CFR Code of Federal Regulations CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii) COR Contracting Officer Representative COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative COTS Commercial Off the Shelf DA Department of the Army DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report) DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center DOD Department of Defense EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 KO Contracting Officer OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii) ODC Other Direct Costs PIPO Phase In/Phase Out POC Point of Contact PRS Performance Requirements Summary PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QAP Quality Assurance Program QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Program TE Technical Exhibit

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services: Reserved.

3.2 Facilities: Reserved.

3.3 Utilities: Reserved.

3.4 Equipment: Reserved

3.5 Materials: The Government will provide the following:

Project location map.

Copy of approved harvest and planting plan from Miami Harbor

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1. General: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to conduct this natural resource survey as defined in this PWS except for those items specified as government furnished property and services.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: Reserved.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5.1. Basic Services: The Contractor will address all tasks as described below for the completion of harvest, planting and 30-day post-planting monitoring at the Julia Tuttle Seagrass Mitigation Area, Miami, Florida.

5.2. Field Activities:

Seagrass Harvest

1. The contractor shall harvest apical meristems (aerial or in the sediment) of S. filiforme within the harvest area. Transects up to approximately 100 m long will be established perpendicular to the mitigation site.

Each transect will be spaced at least 5 m apart, and individual harvest sites along each transects will be at least 2 m apart to avoid overharvesting.

2. For collection of the aerial runners, scientific divers will selectively harvest the above ground apical rhizomes (vegetative propagules) using small hand tools or by hand. As divers progress along the transects, the aerial runners will be placed in mesh bags and kept submerged while transported to a transfer vessel and a PU assembly vessel.

3. For the collection of below-ground apical rhizomes, scientific divers will remove seagrass plants from within a specific harvesting site (approximately 0.25 m2) along the pre-established transects within the donor area(s) following the required spacing of 2 to 5 m between harvest points to avoid potential overharvesting. As divers progress along the transects, the aerial runners will be placed in mesh bags and kept submerged while transported to a transfer vessel and a PU assembly vessel.

Seagrass Planting Unit Assembly and Planting

1. Material collected from the donor areas will be stored in situ at the PU assembly vessel in mesh storage units to maintain their condition. PU fabrication will be conducted in the shade and plants will be continually wetted or submerged to prevent desiccation. PUs will be assembled by tightly wrapping the sorted bundles of seagrass (four to five apical meristems) with biodegradable ties and anchoring staples.

The assembled PU will be placed overboard in mobile flow-through storage units for transport to the planting locations.

2. Divers will install the PUs on 1 meter centers within the selected 0.5 acre area selected from the larger Miami Harbor Julia Tuttle Mitigation Area using the staple method “in compliance with the guidance document "Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Seagrasses" (Fonseca et al. 1998)”. Prior to planting, quality control checks of plant and PU condition will be performed periodically on arbitrarily selected PUs to compute an average of rhizome apicals per PU and document the absence of desiccation injury or physical damage to plants as well as the integrity of the PU assembly. Similarly, once planted, PUs will be spot-checked for proper installation in the seafloor.

30-Day Post-Planting Monitoring The Contractor shall conduct a monitoring event within 30 days of planting being completed to verify that the PU's were assembled and planted per planting plan and are anchored in the sediment. Quality control during planting should be employed to be sure the work is completed as referenced in Fonseca et al 1998. Plots with no visible seagrass growth and no rhizomes detected during the survey will be considered to have failed. Upon failure of 70% or more of the PUs to survive, the Contractor shall assess the potential reasons for failure and coordinate with the COTR to determine if additional planting would result in higher survival, or if alternative remediative measures must be taken to increase survival to acceptable rates (>70% of all PUs). The assessment of remediative measures must be completed and submitted to the COTR within 30-days after the survey is complete.

Five Annual Monitoring Events The Contractor shall conduct five annual monitoring events during the growing season (June – September) to document the species composition, aerial coverage and density of the planted seagrasses as well as documenting the expansion of the grasses over the planting area between each year and compared to the original planting. The contractor shall use peer reviewed, scientifically defensible survey methods and shall provide the method proposed survey methods at the pre-survey kick off meeting in February of each survey year.

Dive Safety Plan: The Contractor shall submit their plan annually for review by the diving safety officer.

a) The contractor’s diving operations shall comply with all the requirements of Section 30 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “Safety and Health Requirements Manual”, EM 385-1-1 (3 September 1996); and Appendix P, “Contract Diving Operations”, to Jacksonville District Regulation CESAJR 385-1-1 (1 September 1998). A diving operations plan and the other submittal items specified below must be reviewed and accepted by District Diving Coordinator and the Safety Office Prior to the commencement of any diving operations conducted under this delivery order.

i) Dive Operations Plan, to include all the items specified in paragraph 30.A.13 of EM 385-1-1. This plan shall contain information specific to the diving operations to be performed on each dive. A generalized, philosophical discussion of diving, or enumeration of diving-related theory will NOT be accepted.

ii) Activity Hazard Analysis, pursuant to paragraph 30.A.13.a (6). This must address specific hazards anticipated for each diving operation to be performed, and must specifically address other work of any kind being conducted concurrently that could interface with of affect the diving operation, such as crane lifts, as well as methods for communications between such other work, crane operators, etc., and the divers. Applicable lock out, tag out, and safe clearance procedures must also be included in the analysis.

iii) Up-to-date resume denoting diving-related training and experience for each diver.

iv) Medical certification from a physician as to each diver's fitness/suitability for diving, as required by paragraph 30.A.12, EM 385-1-1. This certification must be from a licensed physician within the 12-month period immediately preceding any dive performed under this delivery order, and must be renewed at 12-month intervals.

v) Proof of current CPR and first-aid training for each member of the dive team, as required by paragraph 30.A.08 of EM 385-1-1.

vi) Copies of certificates and/or documentation to demonstrate that any pressurized air tanks (SCUBA, "bail-out bottles", etc.) to be used by the divers have been visually inspected at 12-month intervals and hydrostatically tested at 5-year (60-month) intervals, as required by paragraph 30.B.03.f(3) of EM 385-1-1.

vii) Copies of certifications and/or documentation to demonstrate that the compressor(s) used to provide breathing air for the divers have been tested at six-month intervals, and meet the air purity requirements specified in paragraph 30.E.05 of EM 385-1-1.

viii) Identification of the first-aid kit, oxygen resuscitation system, and stokes litter or backboard (with floatation device) to be available at the dive site, as required by paragraph 30.E.09 of EM 385-1-1.

ix) Appropriate number of diving personnel shall be furnished for each dive, as required by Appendix N, Manning Levels for Dive Teams, EM 385-1-1.

5.3 Reports:

Report of Post-planting Survival and Data:

Within 45-days after completion of the post-planting monitoring and determination of survival of >70% of the PUs, the contractor will prepare a report detailing a description of methodology used to harvest the grass, prepare and plant the PUs, survey for success of the plantings and results of the survival survey.

Annual Report of Survey Findings and Data:

Within 45-days after completion of the annual monitoring of the planted grass area, the contractor will prepare a report detailing the expansion of the planted seagrasses over the previous year, species composition, aerial coverage and density. The contractor will provide two hard copies and two CD’s to the District.

Report Submittal The contractor will provide two (2) hard copies of each report to the District for both draft and final versions. Each hard copy of the report will also include an electronic copy (DVD, external hard drive as applicable) with all data and text of the report in electronic format, including, but not limited to: photographs, videos, sub-surface graphic representation, and/or GIS mapping. The District will review both draft and final versions of the document for accuracy of information, and will provide comments to the contractor within 15 days of receipt of the document.

The contractor will address comments provided by the District within 15 days of receipt.

All documents provided from the contractor will be in MS Word and Adobe Acrobat format. All graphics will be saved as jpeg or comparable files. All GIS files will be in ArcView (shapefile) or comparable format.

All reports to document activities and findings including, but not limited to the following:

1. Information shall be presented in text, tabular, and graphic forms, whichever is most appropriate, effective, and advantageous to concisely communicate relevant information. All figures and tables shall have a number, title, appropriate explanatory notes and a source note.

2. A thorough description of methods and techniques used in field investigations and data acquisition, as well as processing and data analysis.

3. Discussion of pertinent environmental variables which could affect the data integrity, such as location or potential significance of sub-merged features.

4. A scientifically interpreted discussion of the results of the field investigation, including complete documentation of any seagrass and/or hardbottom resources, other features, and/or anomalies located during the survey.

5. All photographic still or video images and/or field notes collected during field activities shall be included in the report as an Appendix.

All documents provided from the contactor will be submitted to:

US Coast Guard – Sector Miami Seagrass Mitigation POC: Terri Jordan-Sellers, Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil

USACE-PD-EC

701 San Marco Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32207 mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

Julia Tuttle Mitigation Project’s Seagrass Harvest and Planting Strategy” submitted and approved for the Miami Harbor Deepening Project, Contract W912EP-13-C-0015

Fonseca, M.S., W.J. Kenworthy, and G.W. Thayer. 1998. Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Seagrasses in the United States and Adjacent Waters. NOAA’s Coastal Ocean Program. Decision Analysis Series No

12. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Ocean Office.

November 1998. 230 pages.

PART 7

ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

7. Attachment/Technical Exhibit List:

7.1. Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit A – Performance Requirements Summary

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE

Deliverable Frequency # of Copies Medium/

Format Submit To

Dive Safety Plan

Yearly: within 30 days of the Notice to Proceed or before field activities commence (whichever is applicable), the Contractor shall submit for review and approval the dive safety plan.

One electronic copy of the dive safety plan for review to the

USACE.

Microsoft Word format.

Mrs. Terri Jordan- Sellers

USACE

P.O. Box 4970 Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019

Terri.Jordan- Sellers@usace.army.m il

904-232-1817

Proposed Monitoring Method

Yearly: By the end of February of each year before a scheduled monitoring event, the Contractor shall submit for review and approval the proposed monitoring methods.

One electronic copy of the proposed monitoring methods.

MS Word and Adobe Acrobat format. All graphics will be saved as jpeg or comparable files.

Mrs. Terri Jordan- Sellers

USACE

P.O. Box 4970 Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019

Terri.Jordan- Sellers@usace.army.m il

904-232-1817

Post-Planting Survival Report

Within 45 days of completion of the monitoring survey the contractor shall prepare a report of the status of the grass transplants.

Two hard copies and 1 electronic copy of the draft report.

The District will review the draft of the report for accuracy of information, and will provide comments to the contractor within 15 days.

The contractor

MS Word and Adobe Acrobat format. All graphics will be saved as jpeg or comparable files. All GIS files will be in ArcView (shapefile) or format.

USACE

P.O. Box 4970 Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019

Terri.Jordan- Sellers@usace.army.m il

904-232-1817 mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil mailto:Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace.army.mil

Deliverable Frequency # of Copies Medium/

Format Submit To will address comments provided by the District within 15 days of receipt

Annual Monitoring Report

Yearly: Within 45 days of completion of the monitoring survey the contractor shall prepare a report of the status of the grass transplants as well as expansion of the grass over the planting area including a comparison with previous years and the original planting.

Two hard copies and 1 electronic copy of the draft report.

The District will review the draft of the report for accuracy of information, and will provide comments to the contractor within 15 days.

The contractor will address comments provided by the District within 15 days of receipt

MS Word and Adobe Acrobat format. All graphics will be saved as jpeg or comparable files. All GIS files will be in ArcView (shapefile) or format.

USACE

P.O. Box 4970 Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019

Terri.Jordan- Sellers@usace.army.m il

904-232-1817

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT A

Performance Requirements Summary The contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

Performance Objective

Performance Standard Performance Threshold Method of Surveillance

PRS # 1.

The contractor shall provide Customer Satisfaction (Quality of Service)

T/O requirements met with few minor and no significant problems Encountered.

Performance meets all technical and functional requirements, and is highly responsive to changes in technical direction and/or the technical support environment.

Personnel qualifications, assessments, evaluations, analyses, recommendations, and related input are thorough, reliable, highly relevant to T/O requirements, and consist of substantial depth and breadth of subject matter expertise.

Deliverable reports contain all required data and meet all applicable CDRL requirements.

Contractor technical performance meets all T/O requirements.

Adequate Key Personnel with appropriate Qualifications including security clearances provided at least 95% of time.

Problems that are encountered are minor and resolved in a satisfactory manner.

Routine Assessment of Workforce Qualifications and Availability of Resources.

PRS # 2

Adherence to Schedule

T/O milestones, periods of performance, and/or data submission dates are met or exceeded; highly qualified Key Personnel are available as required.

Contractor meets T/O delivery requirements at least 95% of the time (excluding government caused delays)

Routine Inspection of Deliverable Products and Services

PRICING SCHEDULE

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 2015)

(a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government reserves the right to inspect or test any supplies or services that have been tendered for acceptance. The Government may require repair or replacement of nonconforming supplies or reperformance of nonconforming services at no increase in contract price. If repair/replacement or reperformance will not correct the defects or is not possible, the Government may seek an equitable price reduction or adequate consideration for acceptance of nonconforming supplies or services. The Government must exercise its post-acceptance rights (1) within a reasonable time after the defect was discovered or should have been discovered; and

(2) before any substantial change occurs in the condition of the item, unless the change is due to the defect in the item.

(b) Assignment. The Contractor or its assignee may assign its rights to receive payment due as a result of performance of this contract to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency in accordance with the Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3727). However, when a third party makes payment (e.g., use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card), the Contractor may not assign its rights to receive payment under this contract.

(c) Changes. Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties.

(d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes'', as amended (41 U.S.C. 601-613).

Failure of the parties to this contract to reach agreement on any request for equitable adjustment, claim, appeal or action arising under or relating to this contract shall be a dispute to be resolved in accordance with the clause at FAR

52.233-1, Disputes, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract.

(e) Definitions. The clause at FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, is incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Excusable delays. The Contractor shall be liable for default unless nonperformance is caused by an occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the Contractor and without its fault or negligence such as, acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the

Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement or any excusable delay, setting forth the full particulars in connection therewith, shall remedy such occurrence with all reasonable dispatch and shall promptly give written notice to the Contracting Officer of the cessation of such occurrence.

(g) Invoice.

(1) The Contractor shall submit an original invoice and three copies (or electronic invoice, if authorized) to the address designated in the contract to receive invoices. An invoice must include--

(i) Name and address of the Contractor;

(ii) Invoice date and number;

(iii) Contract number, contract line item number and, if applicable, the order number;

(iv) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and extended price of the items delivered;

(v) Shipping number and date of shipment, including the bill of lading number and weight of shipment if shipped on

Government bill of lading;

(vi) Terms of any discount for prompt payment offered;

(vii) Name and address of official to whom payment is to be sent;

(viii) Name, title, and phone number of person to notify in event of defective invoice; and

(ix) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The Contractor shall include its TIN on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(x) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information.

(A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(B) If EFT banking information is not required to be on the invoice, in order for the invoice to be a proper invoice, the Contractor shall have submitted correct EFT banking information in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision, contract clause (e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award

Management, or 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic

Funds Transfer--Other Than System for Award Management), or applicable agency procedures.

(C) EFT banking information is not required if the Government waived the requirement to pay by EFT.

(2) Invoices will be handled in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. 3903) and Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315.

(h) Patent indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or contributory infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any

United States or foreign patent, trademark or copyright, arising out of the performance of this contract, provided the

Contractor is reasonably notified of such claims and proceedings.

(i) Payment.--

(1) Items accepted. Payment shall be made for items accepted by the Government that have been delivered to the delivery destinations set forth in this contract.

(2) Prompt payment. The Government will make payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C.

3903) and prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR part 1315.

(3) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). If the Government makes payment by EFT, see 52.212-5(b) for the appropriate

EFT clause.

(4) Discount. In connection with any discount offered for early payment, time shall be computed from the date of the invoice. For the purpose of computing the discount earned, payment shall be considered to have been made on the date which appears on the payment check or the specified payment date if an electronic funds transfer payment is made.

(5) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the

Government has otherwise overpaid on a contract financing or invoice payment, the Contractor shall--

(i) Remit the overpayment amount to the payment office cited in the contract along with a description of the overpayment including the--

(A) Circumstances of the overpayment (e.g., duplicate payment, erroneous payment, liquidation errors, date(s) of overpayment);

(B) Affected contract number and delivery order number, if applicable;

(C) Affected contract line item or subline item, if applicable; and

(D) Contractor point of contact.

(ii) Provide a copy of the remittance and supporting documentation to the Contracting Officer.

(6) Interest.

(i) All amounts that become payable by the Contractor to the Government under this contract shall bear simple interest from the date due until paid unless paid within 30 days of becoming due. The interest rate shall be the interest rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury as provided in 41 U.S.C.

7109, which is applicable to the period in which the amount becomes due, as provided in (i)(6)(v) of this clause, and then at the rate applicable for each six-month period as fixed by the Secretary until the amount is paid.

(ii) The Government may issue a demand for payment to the Contractor upon finding a debt is due under the contract.

(iii) Final decisions. The Contracting Officer will issue a final decision as required by 33.211 if--

(A) The Contracting Officer and the Contractor are unable to reach agreement on the existence or amount of a debt within 30 days;

(B) The Contractor fails to liquidate a debt previously demanded by the Contracting Officer within the timeline specified in the demand for payment unless the amounts were not repaid because the Contractor has requested an installment payment agreement; or

(C) The Contractor requests a deferment of collection on a debt previously demanded by the Contracting Officer

(see 32.607-2).

(iv) If a demand for payment was previously issued for the debt, the demand for payment included in the final decision shall identify the same due date as the original demand for payment.

(v) Amounts shall be due at the earliest of the following dates:

(A) The date fixed under this contract.

(B) The date of the first written demand for payment, including any demand for payment resulting from a default termination.

(vi) The interest charge shall be computed for the actual number of calendar days involved beginning on the due date and ending on--

(A) The date on which the designated office receives payment from the Contractor;

(B) The date of issuance of a Government check to the Contractor from which an amount otherwise payable has been withheld as a credit against the contract debt; or

(C) The date on which an amount withheld and applied to the contract debt would otherwise have become payable to the Contractor.

(vii) The interest charge made under this clause may be reduced under the procedures prescribed in 32.608-2 of the

Federal Acquisition Regulation in effect on the date of this contract.

(j) Risk of loss. Unless the contract specifically provides…