FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Lan C. Wiborg, Director of Environmental Services
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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND HYPOXIA MINI-MOORING
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
A. Approve a Sole Source Service Contract with The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its San Diego campus' Scripps Institution of Oceanography to design, build, and maintain an ocean acidification and hypoxia mini-mooring for a total amount not to exceed $237,235 which includes $159,066 for the first one-year period, to develop and deploy the mooring including the initial 6-month operation, and the first swap-out and subsequent 6-month operation;
B. Approve the renewal of the Sole Source Service Contract, at the sole option of OC San, for one (1) additional one-year period in the amount of $78,169 for 12-month operation and two swap-outs; and
C. Approve a contingency in the amount of $23,724 (10%).
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BACKGROUND
The Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) conducts ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) monitoring using an oceanographic mooring, which is a seafloor-anchored buoy that suspends multiple water quality sensors throughout the water column. The goal of the mooring is to better understand the variability and decreasing trends in pH (acidification) and dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) within our ocean monitoring region on the San Pedro Shelf. OC San's OAH mooring has been deployed voluntarily since 2012 and is now required under OC San's 2021 ocean discharge permit. Over the last several years, OC San staff have experienced several challenges with the deployment and recovery of the original mooring system due to (1) safety concerns related to its size and complexity, (2) long lead times with the repair and replacement of mooring sensors by the vendor, and (3) the recent retirements of staff with noted expertise in mooring maintenance and deployment.
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