The duties of the vendor are: • Issue payments to cooperating partners once at the end of the CWD sampling season, within 2 weeks of receipt of payment from DNR • Maintain detailed records of samples collected from each cooperator and incentives issued to cooperators for samples • Maintain good standing as a registered supplier for the State of Indiana • Submit quarterly progress reports and an annual summary report to Michelle Benavidez, Fish & Wildlife Health Supervisor, MBenavidezWestrich@dnr.IN.gov, or 5596 East State Road 46; Bloomington, IN 47401. • Submit invoices to OSRContracts@dnr.IN.gov with the contract number attached to all invoices. Following are the goals and guidelines for each year of the program: • Each sample must contain both medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes • Samples must be accompanied by a complete and usable data sheet • For each usable sample a cooperating partner will receive a $10 incentive payment • The number of participating partners will be limited to 100 maxz • The sample goal will not exceed 5000 • Participation will be statewide
