Request for Proposals

7 February 2001

TO: All Potential Proposers

FROM: Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Scientific-Technical Committee

SUBJECT: Request For Submission of Scope of Services for Marsh Dieback and Nutria Control Emergency Response

During the spring and summer of 2000 in coastal Louisiana, an unusually extensive and rapidly spreading dieback of the normally lush green saltwater marsh grass Spartina alterniflora was discovered. Approximately 20,000 acres of marsh grass have already converted from dense vegetation to open mud flats with little or no vegetation and approximately 260,000 acres of marsh have been identified as being moderately or severely impacted. The Saltwater Marsh Dieback was declared an emergency by Louisiana Governor Mike Foster in the form of Executive Proclamation #55-MJF-2000 issued on October 23, 2000.

The Scientific-Technical Committee of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP STC) invites you to submit a scope of services to conduct research on projects related to the Spartina alterniflora dieback and nutria control as described below. Scopes of services shall be prepared according to the instructions and information provided. Consideration of scope of services shall be limited to those proposers who meet the prerequisites listed. Submission of scope of services with associated funding greater than $50,000 by private sector entities would have to go through the formal RFP process. The typical formal RFP process takes approximately four months, which exceeds the time constraints of this emergency response. Therefore, submission of scope of services greater than $50,000 shall be limited to Louisiana state agencies, accredited Louisiana public universities and colleges, and federal institutions.

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