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Consider recommendation from the Research & Technology Committee to approve a contract with BIO-WEST, to provide a comprehensive statistical analysis of long-term EAHCP biological and hydrological monitoring data, in an amount not to exceed $88,742.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve Contract No. 16-821-HCP between the EAA and BIO-WEST, for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive statistical analysis of long-term EAHCP biological and hydrological monitoring data, in an amount not to exceed $88,742, for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Research & Technology Committee recommendation to approve a contract between the EAA and BIO-WEST, for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive statistical analysis of Comal and San Marcos long-term biological and hydrological monitoring data. This analysis was recommended by both the National Academy of Sciences and the EAHCP Science Committee.
To solicit the required services, EAA staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) consistent with the standard EAA procurement process. On August 1, 2016, EAA staff sent RFP packet to sixty (60) potential vendors. Of those vendors, eight (8) were M/WBEs.
On August 24, 2016, the EAA received proposals from 1) Beaver Creek Hydrology, LLC., 2) Bio-West, Inc. (with Tennessee Tech) and; 3) University of Texas at San Antonio of which none of the vendors are an M/WBE. Staff's proposal evaluation matrix is attached to this agenda item.
Due to the large and varied nature of the data, and the quality of the proposals received, EAA staff chose to recommend awarding contracts to each of the proposers assigning different tasks as follows: BIOWEST to analyze water quality/quantity, submerged aquatic vegetation, and Covered Species populations; University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to analyze hydrology, submerged aquatic vegetation, and impacts caused by disturbance and; Beav...
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