Project Management, Community Outreach, and Volunteer Recruitment Services

The Vendor is required to provide project management, community outreach, and volunteer recruitment for ecological enhancement services on an as-needed.
- Equipment:
•    Auger (hand, one and two-person power)
•    Backpack sprayer (for pesticide application)
•    Brush cutter
•    Brush mower
•    Chainsaws
•    Digital in line flow meter
•    Dump truck
•    Hose, nozzles, and fittings
•    Loppers
•    Machetes
•    Maddox
•    Mulching mower
•    Pick-up truck(s) and trailer
•    Rakes
•    Rock bars
•    Shovels
•    Skid steer and/or small excavator, rubber tracked, each with attachments such as auger, bucket, mower, forklift and tote
•    Trowels
•    Water pump, portable, with appropriate fish screen (for water withdrawals)
•    Watering tank, mobile, 300-gallon minimum, with hoses, nozzles, and fittings
•    Weed injection tools (for knotweeds and woody species)
•    Weed whackers
•    Wheelbarrows
- Responsible for transporting all equipment, materials, supplies, fuel and debris to and from each work site. There is no on-site storage for Contractor equipment or materials.
- Responsible for obtaining all required licenses and permits for their staff. The County will obtain necessary environmental permits, unless otherwise scoped as part of the Contractor’s project management responsibilities.
- Project Management activities may include but are not limited to:
•    Planting plans – contractor shall design planting plans and submit for county approval before ordering plant material (usually to be billed directly to the county), incorporate feedback, and communicate planting plans with other project partners.
•    Running crews – at the county’s request, contractor shall walk a site and draft a prescription for ecological enhancement work needed at the site and, after approval,  be on site for execution of this work, which may include invasives removal, planting, maintenance, and/or monitoring.
•    Monitoring – using county-approved monitoring protocols, contractor shall design and conduct site monitoring for ecological aspects such as, but not limited to, native stem density, percent invasives, plant survivorship, species diversity, and canopy cover. This may include setting up or re-taking photo points, in which case contractor shall submit photos with proper metadata to the county in the format described in the work order. 
•    Reports – contractor shall submit standard reports required for proof of completion of work items covered by the work order. In addition, contractor shall compile reports on work outcomes and site conditions for county regulatory requirements.
•    Cultural review applications – contractor shall compile preliminary maps of planned work locations for the county to submit for cultural resource review, prior to breaking ground.
- Community outreach and volunteer coordination activities may include but are not limited to:
•    Outreach – contractor shall conduct door to door outreach to a set of parcels designated by the county for the purpose of obtaining access permission, notification of ongoing projects in the area, communicating volunteer opportunities, and/or providing other messaging as agreed upon in the work order. 
•    Volunteers – contractor shall recruit, coordinate, and lead volunteers in field work at a site through ecologically and educationally beneficial activities as designated by the county and with county-approved project information. Contractor shall have a volunteer safety plan approved by the county prior to holding any volunteer events. 
- Planting activities may include but are not limited to:
•    Using proper planting techniques, contractor shall install native plant material including seed, plugs, bare root, container, and on-site harvesting and installation of live stake stock.
•    Planting may include the placing of weed fabric, soil amendments (mulch and compost), plant protectors, tree staking, and wildlife exclusion fencing to improve plant survival. 
- Pesticide application activities may include but are not limited to:
•    Contractor shall furnish all pesticides required for use under the contract, to be reimbursed by the county, and submit spray logs and receipts with each invoice.
•    Contractor shall chemically treat non-native plants with herbicides as determined by the county for each site.
•    Contractor shall comply with all federal, local and state laws and regulations affecting weed control activities.