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Date: February 28", 2017
To: John Griffin, CFO; Daniel Kooken, Purchasing Manager
From: Madeleine Mineau, Waterways Manager
Re: Sole source Solitude Lake Management
Solitude Lake Management of Shrewsbury, MA is the only company in the region to provide
services for control of aquatic invasive species by application of herbicides. Herbicide treatment
is the only effective management approach recommended to contro! growth of milfoil and
fanwort in the Nashua River and therefore we solicited a proposal for these services from
Solitude Lake Management as a sole source.
The e-mail exchange copied below with the State Exotic Species Program Coordinator at NH
DES confirms that there are no alternative companies to provide such services for the City.
Hi Madeleine,
Yes, they are the only company in the region. We used to have two, but they have both been bought up
by a larger company and are now under the auspices of Solitude Lake Management, which is one larger
company with multiple offices across the country.
It will need to be a sole source.
Amy
Amy P. Smagula
Limnologist/Exotic Species Program Coordinator
NH DES
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-2248
Email: Amy.Smagula@des.nh.gov
bttp://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/ wmb/exoticspecies/index.htm
From: Mineau, Madeleine [mailto: MineauM@nashuanh. gov]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:18 AM
To: Smagula, Amy
Subject: Solitude sole source?
Hi Amy,
Could you confirm to me that Solitude Lake Management is the only company that provides the herbicide
application services for aquatic invasive species in our area?
Thanks,
Madeleine
