Petro ATC - North Region

Master Agreement GC815 provides comprehensive petroleum contamination site response action services for the North Region of Florida under the state's Petroleum Restoration Program, which addresses approximately 10,000 to 12,000 confirmed contaminated sites eligible for cleanup funding assistance from the Inland Protection Trust Fund. The contract authorizes a full spectrum of services organized into four primary phases: Site Assessment (including site characterization, initial assessments, and supplemental investigations), Remedial Options and Design (feasibility studies, pilot tests, and remedial action plan development), Remedial Action Implementation (system installation, operation and maintenance, and site monitoring), and Site Closure activities. Specific deliverables include groundwater and soil sampling, remedial design, contaminated soil removal, free product recovery, remediation system installation and operation, well installation and abandonment, laboratory analysis, drilling and boring services, and professional engineering and geological services. Work assignments are issued through Task Assignment Notifications, Task Assignment Change Orders, or MyFloridaMarketPlace purchase orders with compensation structured as a combination of fee schedule, fixed price, and cost reimbursement as specified in individual assignments.

The prime contractor is HANDEX Consulting and Remediation-Southeast, LLC, with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection serving as the contracting organization. The contract was originally executed on February 24, 2014, and has been extended multiple times through subsequent amendments, with the most recent extension effective through September 30, 2025. The initial contract term was five years with an option for one additional five-year renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance. The contract is classified as a Master Agreement/Agency Term Contract (ATC) employing an indefinite delivery vehicle structure with no minimum work guarantee and no specified total contract value. Contractor rates are frozen for the initial 24-month period and may increase annually thereafter by up to 5% with documented justification. The contractor must maintain workers' compensation insurance and general liability coverage with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and comply with all applicable federal and state environmental regulations, including Chapter 62-780 F.A.C., and utilize the E-Verify system for employment verification.