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PRRIP - ED OFFICE DRAFT 6 10/30/2008 <br />PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IlVIPLEMENTATION PROGRAM <br />Geomorpholog,y/In-Channel Vegetation Monitoring RFP Interview Questions <br />At the beginning of your interview for this RFP on November 21St, 2008 you will have 20 <br />minutes to highlight the key aspects of your proposal as it pertains to both protocol refinement <br />and protocol implementation and also address the set of questions below. Please be sure to <br />address the following questions/issues during your interview and provide feedback related to <br />how this information may change your approach and/or budget: <br />1. Please provide a cost estimate for Year 1 implementation of this monitoring protocol and <br />include a cost breakdown for such items as field hours, number of personnel, equipment, data <br />processing, and other associated costs. In addition, please summarize costs by individual <br />monitoring tasks (cross section surveys, bedload sampling, vegetation surveys, etc.) and be <br />clear about what tasks are included under implementation of the existing protocol and what <br />tasks are included under implementation of your suggested protocol revisions, if any. <br />2. Implementation of this protocol will require extensive field work on the Platte River in <br />central Nebraska each monitoring season. Please describe your approach to handling this <br />field work, including a discussion of any local presence your team has or will maintain in <br />Nebraska to handle field requirements or unforeseen circumstances. <br />3. Describe any previous working relationships you have had with all members of your <br />proposal team and how you plan to work in tandem with different team members. <br />4. T'he geomorphology/in-channel vegetation monitoring protocol will be sent to an external <br />Peer Review Panel after any changes are discussed with and approved by the Program's ED <br />Office, Technical Advisory Committee, and Governance Committee. Please discuss how <br />your team is prepared to address any protocol revisions that may arise as a result of the <br />Program's external peer review process. <br />5. This RFP describes a scope of work encompassing potential revisions to and implementation <br />of a monitoring protocol. The scope of work includes suggesting revisions to the protocol, <br />field data collection, basic data reduction and analysis (annual summary, trends, etc.), and <br />annual reporting, but does not include geomorphic assessments, extensive data analysis, or <br />research. Please address your understanding of this scope of work. <br />6. Please describe your proposal team's previous experience with implementing similar riverine <br />monitoring efforts, with particular emphasis on the vegetation experience on your team as it <br />relates to riparian vegetation monitoring/surveying/sampling. Also, please describe any <br />changes to your implementation approach for this portion of the protocol if it is revised <br />through the peer review process to include collecting elevation data on vegetation at specific <br />cross sections to support studies related to shear force. <br />Page i of 1