Description
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking a contractor to provide oyster seeding services for the Eastern Bay Region. The contractor will be responsible for producing and planting spat-on-shell on oyster reefs in oyster sanctuaries. The contract will include work in six sanctuaries: Cox Creek, Prospect Bay, Mill Hill, Wye River, Miles River, and Eastern Bay. The contractor will provide coordination, management, administration, vessels, equipment, supplies, personnel, program support, financial reporting, and production and planting of oyster spat-on-shell.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Producing oyster spat-on-shell and planting seed on approved areas within the sanctuaries
• Generating data and providing reports, including spat-on-shell planting GPS track lines
• Providing administrative and fiscal reports, including writing, soliciting, managing, budgeting, and payments of contracts for subcontractors
• Utilizing vessel Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers while placing spat
• Maintaining valid U.S. Coast Guard certification for operating vessels
• Communicating daily with the project manager to update project completion status