Annual Statewide Deer Harvest Surveys

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is seeking competitive proposals for annual post-season telephone and internet surveys of hunters to estimate deer harvest, deer harvest per hunter effort, and hunter satisfaction across the state of Florida. The intent is to obtain an experienced contractor to conduct these surveys for five consecutive years, with a possible renewal for up to five additional years. Key objectives include estimating the number of deer hunters, days hunted, deer harvested by sex, harvest per hunter day, hunter satisfaction, and harvest reporting compliance at the statewide, management zone, and deer management unit levels. Respondents must provide a summary of experience, project organization, detailed project plan, implementation schedule, and cost for completing the surveys. Proposals are due by March 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET. An addendum with additional questions and answers from prospective respondents was posted on March 7, 2023.

This contract opportunity is open to all qualified vendors, though respondents must be registered in the MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) system and with Sunbiz prior to the bid opening. The FWC has not indicated any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The incumbent contractor is not named, and the FWC has not provided a budget range for this procurement. However, the addendum notes that the survey effort may require approximately 71,000 phone calls and 129,000 emails to obtain the required number of completed hunter interviews.