Summary
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is soliciting proposals to provide cold stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits within Cataloguing Unit 06010106 of the French Broad River Basin. The procurement requires long-term protection (conservation easement held by the State), compliance with applicable environmental regulations, and submission of detailed technical proposals including site plans, monitoring strategies, and documentation of existing conditions. The contract term is an initial ten years with two optional one-year renewals; vendors must be registered in North Carolina's eVP and comply with state requirements such as E-Verify.