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Consider recommendation from the Executive Committee to approve a contract with the University of Texas at San Antonio, to provide a comprehensive statistical analysis of long-term EAHCP biological monitoring data, in an amount not to exceed $56,934.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the the board approve a contract between the EAA and the University of Texas at San Antonio for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive statistical analysis of long-term EAHCP biological and hydrological monitoring data, in an amount not to exceed $56,934 for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, and authorize the General Manager to execute the contract.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an Executive Committee recommendation to approve a contract between the EAA and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 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 packets 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) UTSA, of which none of the vendors were 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; UTSA to analyze hydrology, submerged aquatic vegetation, an...
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