Web-based system provides ongoing oversight of ecosystem restoration 15-years after the massive Deepwater Horizon spill. Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico work continues on restoration efforts.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council is looking to enhance its Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker, a database that monitors restoration efforts across the gulf, according to GovTribe solicitation documents.
The federal entity is looking to let a five-year contract to support ongoing operations including a web-based tracking system that catalogs restoration efforts funded by the Deepwater Horizon settlement money. The value of the contract has not been disclosed.
One goal is to prevent duplication of efforts and provide transparency into how the billions of dollars of settlement funds are being spent.
The contractor will collect project data from various funding programs, maintain a geographic information system, perform quality assurance, and deliver quarterly reports.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council was created in 2012 as part of the RESTORE Act. The council members are the governors of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas as well as the secretaries of the departments of Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, and Homeland Security, and the secretary of the Army and administrator of EPA.
The five-year contract has a one-year base and four one-year options.
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