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This competitive bid is for avian harassment and deterrent measures to be performed on an as needed basis on and around reservoirs in the upstate NYC water supply system. In 2001, NYC DEP submitted the 2001 Long Term Watershed Protection Plan to USEPA. The EPA concluded that this plan provided adequate protection of water quality and granted the City a Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) in November 2002 and more recent updates to the FAD in 2007 and 2017. An important component to the Watershed Protection Plan was the development and implementation of a Waterfowl Management Program (WMP) to manage waterfowl populations to help reduce fecal coliform bacteria levels at select NYC reservoirs. The DEP’s 2006 Long-Term Watershed Protection Plan expanded the WMP on an “as needed” basis to include avian harassment and deterrent measures at the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, N.Y. In 2010, a federal Administrative Order on Consent (Docket No. SDWA-02-2010-8027) was issued that required DEP to implement enhanced wildlife management at the Hillview Reservoir, for which DEP proposed the development and oversight of targeted wildlife management programs.