Environmental Forensic Site Investigation

The Master Agreement GC672 provides comprehensive environmental forensic site investigation services for petroleum storage system sites throughout Florida. The scope of services encompasses soil and groundwater assessment, monitoring well installation, drilling operations, and forensic investigations to characterize petroleum contamination and identify possible source locations. Under this indefinite delivery vehicle, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection procures labor services across multiple occupational categories (Project Manager, Environmental Scientist, Technician, Operator, and Laborer), equipment kits for soil assessment and groundwater sampling, drilling services on a per-foot basis, and laboratory analysis services including testing for petroleum hydrocarbons, BTEX, metals, PCBs, volatile organic compounds, oxygenates, and isotopic analysis. Task assignments are issued on a fixed-price basis for individual site investigations, with deliverables consisting of comprehensive Forensic Site Investigation Reports containing event summaries, data tables, analytical findings, and site characterization conclusions.

LFR Inc. (LFR Levine-Fricke, Inc.) serves as the prime contractor for this Master Agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems. The contract was executed on December 20, 2006, with an initial five-year term and a renewal option extending through December 19, 2016. The IDV provides statewide coverage throughout Florida and operates as an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a maximum contract ceiling of $870,000 for the initial five-year term. Funding increments were authorized through multiple amendments, bringing the total authorized funding to $466,667 as of June 2013. The contract is structured as a combination of fixed-fee and cost-reimbursement arrangements, with the contractor authorized to utilize approved subcontractors and subject to maximum compensation limits established under Florida Statutes Section 376.30711, F.S.