Petro ATC - Central Region

Master Agreement GC735 is an indefinite delivery vehicle established by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection that provides petroleum contamination site response action services for the state's Petroleum Restoration Program. The contract encompasses a comprehensive range of environmental remediation and site assessment services, including site characterization, reconnaissance, initial and supplemental site assessments, natural attenuation monitoring, pilot testing, remedial action planning, contaminated soil removal, free product recovery, groundwater treatment system installation and operation, drilling and boring operations, well installation and abandonment, soil and water sampling and laboratory analysis, debris and waste disposal, system maintenance, and professional engineering and geology oversight. The vehicle authorizes contractors to perform work at approximately 10,000 confirmed contaminated sites eligible for cleanup funding assistance from the Inland Protection Trust Fund and is structured to provide indefinite delivery of services with individual work assignments issued as task orders based on site-specific remediation needs.

AHS-GEAR LLC serves as the prime contractor for this master agreement under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, with the initial contract executed on April 9, 2014, and subsequently extended through September 30, 2025. The contract operates statewide, with primary service delivery in Florida's Central Region, and is structured as an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) vehicle with compensation based on a comprehensive fee schedule containing over 300 pay items across multiple service categories. The contract includes no guaranteed minimum work volume, with the Department retaining sole discretion to assign work or competitively bid portions thereof. Periodic rate adjustments have been implemented through successive amendments, with increases capped at 5% annually during the initial contract term, though a 15% increase was approved in 2022 and subsequent increases of 7–8% were implemented in 2023. The contractor must maintain current professional qualifications, comprehensive general liability and professional liability insurance with $1,000,000 minimum limits, and full compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations and safety standards.