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2022072 RFP for Spoonbill Marsh Maintenance <br />Scope of Services <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br />Indian River County (COUNTY) is seeking a qualified and experienced firm to maintain Spoonbill Marsh for <br />an annual fee. <br />This bid will be awarded for an initial three-year period and may be renewed for two (2) additional one (1) <br />year periods, subject to vendor acceptance, satisfactory performance, and staff's determination that a <br />renewal would be in the best interest of the County. <br />COUNTY currently operates and manages a created wetland treatment system (FACILITY), comprised of 67± <br />acres located at 1300 57th Street. Primary access to the FACILITY is through a locked and gated entrance off <br />57th Street, east of U.S. Highway 1. From this entrance gate, an unimproved (dirt) roadway crosses Grand <br />Harbor North land for 6/10ths of a mile to the FACILITY entrancegate. <br />FACILITY <br />691H STREET <br />^r�HILL rnmiw <br />n� RJUER <br />LACIJON <br />yyu. <br />HUT PINE ' STTIi ST <br />RAP! 1t1VLTRA1,_F* <br />BA rn <br />RELIEF CANALI <br />L } ` ORAI>JII HARBOR <br />J {ut <br />W 5 f�{_p�} aT DJAt1 RIVER BLVD <br />J I I 1 <br />The FACILITY is the disposal site for demineralization concentrate (DC) discharge water from the North <br />County Regional Potable Water Treatment Plant (WTP). DC is conveyed from the WTP to the FACILITY with a <br />16 -inch force main. The DC water is mixed with water pumped from the Indian River Lagoon into the FACILITY <br />(at an approximate ratio of 2.5 parts water from the Lagoon to 1 -part DC). The blended stream is allowed to <br />flow through ± 27.6 acres of constructed basins, then through an existing mangrove community, and finally <br />into the Lagoon. <br />Maintenance includes, but will not be limited to, mowing, trimming, repairs, construction services, site work, <br />and site assessment and monitoring. In addition, services may include assistance to the COUNTY for other <br />wetland -related projects and liaison with regulatory agencies for the purpose of acquiring grants and to <br />market projects at the FACILITY. <br />Scope Page 1 367 <br />