Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.1 The Lee County Board of County Commissioners seeks to contract professional services through a skilled and qualified CONSULTANT to conduct a study of three interdependent Estero Barrier inlets within southern Lee County. 1.2 The primary focus on this regional inlet management study is to develop sediment budgets for three (3) interdependent Estero Barrier inlets within southern Lee County and to evaluate strategies of inlet sediment management, which will result in balancing the sediment budget between the inlets and adjacent beaches pursuant to the requirements of Section 161.142, Florida Statutes. 1.3 The inlets Big Carlos Pass, New Pass, and Big Hickory Pass are located between R-209 and R-227. The majority of the area of influence, R-200 to R-228 has been designated as critically eroded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The study shall evaluate options and provide potential recommendations for the ongoing management of the passes and the adjacent beaches within the respective areas of influence, and shall consider the governmental agencies in addition to that of the study contractor. The study shall be developed and utilized collaboratively by Lee County and the West Coast Inland Navigation District. The study shall develop sufficient information for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to adopt an Inlet Management Plan for passes with the support of local governmental entities. 1.4 The CONSULTANT shall review historic data and collect new data where necessary potentially including bathymetry and topography, LiDAR, water levels, waves, winds, and sediment data to simulate the physical processes that influence the passes and their areas of influence. 1.5 Modeled waves, currents, and water levels shall be calibrated with data collected nearshore and within the associated passes. Morphology shall be calibrated using two different datasets of bathymetry and topography. Model scenarios shall be developed to be simulated and compared to a no action scenario to evaluate the potential impacts on waves, currents, sediment transport, and morphology (erosion and sedimentation). The results of the modeling study shall be analyzed and a report summarizing findings including an updated regional sediment budget shall be provided to assist decision making and permitting.