Marine Debris Removal Services for Round Island

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is soliciting bids for marine debris removal services to support the Reducing Marine Debris Impacts on Birds and Sea Turtles Project. The purpose of this monitoring project is to remove marine debris from Round Island, which was created in 2016 using beneficial-use sediment material and has been identified as a debris hotspot. The contractor will be responsible for coordinating with MDEQ to schedule and conduct five annual cleanup events at Round Island over a five-year period. The contractor will also be responsible for transporting collected debris back to the mainland and disposing of it properly. • The project area includes the upland areas of the "new" Round Island, comprised of approximately 76 acres of beaches, dunes, and scrub-shrub vegetation. • The contractor will be required to provide profiles and resumes of the staff to be assigned to the project, references, illustrative examples of similar work performed, and any other information that clearly demonstrates the bidder's expertise in the area of this solicitation. • The contractor will be required to coordinate with MDEQ for data collection activities and provide deliverables within 30 days of each cleanup event. • The contract may be renewed at the discretion of MDEQ for a period of five successive one-year periods under the same prices, terms, and conditions as in the original contract.