Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is seeking a professional environmental science consulting firm to perform a variety of environmental science and monitoring services tasks that will, in accordance with the System Wide Assessment Monitoring Program (SWAMP), enhance the capability, efficiency, and responsiveness of the CPRA to achieve Louisiana’s coastal protection and restoration mission. The SWAMP program involves data collection at approximately 120 water quality monitoring stations across the Louisiana coastal zone. The services required will include the collection and testing/laboratory analysis of a range of ecological parameters at established water quality stations (Attachment V). The Contractor may also provide support to the CPRA for ecological reporting and analysis, project-specific monitoring, and database management. Highquality deliverables produced under this contract will contribute to the further execution and expansion of the coastal protection and restoration program and its goals. The contracting process to be established by the CPRA will be on a task order basis. The CPRA Contract Manager will coordinate all efforts throughout the contract period including task scopes, schedules and cost negotiations, and will assign tasks to the Contractor as needed.