Great Lakes Partners: The International Joint Commission (IJC) is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the completion of a Binational Aquatic Invasive Species Rapid Response Planning Project for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Basin. The successful contractor will conduct a jurisdictional analysis for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin and prepare a pilot Binational Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Rapid Response plan for the boundary waters connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Funding for this initiative was made available through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by an expert review committee including representatives from the IJC's Binational AIS Rapid Response Workgroup. Additional Information and the RFP documents are available from the Great Lakes Regional Office Website by accessing the following link: RFP for Binational AIS R.R Planning <http://www.ijc.org:8080/glro/glro-web/priorities/09_11/ais/rfp-bination al-ais-rapid-response-planning-great-lakes-st-lawrence-basin/> or by contacting Mark Burrows, burrowsm at windsor.ijc.org. All proposals are to be submitted by March 1, 2011 at 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDST) via e-mail to burrowsm at windsor.ijc.org. Following email submission, please mail one hard copy to: Mark J. Burrows, Project Manager International Joint Commission Great Lakes Regional Office 100 Ouellette Avenue Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3 or P.O. Box 32869 Detroit, MI 48232 (519) 257-6709 or (313) 226-2170 ext 6709 burrowsm at windsor.ijc.org Mark J. Burrows Secretary, Council of Great Lakes Research Managers International Joint Commission Great Lakes Regional Office 100 Ouellette Avenue Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3 or P.O. Box 32869 Detroit, MI 48232 (519) 257-6709 or (313) 226-2170 ext 6709 Check out the new Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Research Inventory website at: http://RI.ijc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20110131/a43e1327/attachment.html