P.E. Svcs for reclamation & mitigation of Upper

Master Agreement SP469 provides comprehensive professional engineering services for the reclamation, restoration, and mitigation of sensitive Florida watersheds, particularly the Upper Peace River and Saddle Creek areas impacted by phosphate mining operations. The contract encompasses a broad range of deliverables including development of restoration approaches, identification and evaluation of restoration work elements, evaluation of alternative restoration methodologies, obtaining required environmental permits, preparation of preliminary and final design plans and specifications, construction management and supervision, and implementation of monitoring and management plans. Services are delivered through a task assignment structure, allowing the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to issue individual task orders for specific projects as funding and operational needs dictate. The vehicle also supports specialized services including ecological surveys, threatened and endangered species assessments, herbicide applications, aquatic vegetation management, surveying and mapping, photogrammetry, and hydrologic monitoring instrumentation installation and analysis.

The prime contractor is AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. (formerly BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. prior to a merger effective January 1, 2012), with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection serving as the contracting organization. The contract was originally executed on June 24, 1998, with an initial eight-year term through June 23, 2006, and includes an exercised eight-year renewal option extending through June 23, 2014, and subsequent amendments extending performance through December 23, 2014. The vehicle operates statewide within Florida under a cost reimbursement methodology with fixed fees, with labor rates subject to annual adjustments based on the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. The contract includes approved subcontractors providing specialized environmental and engineering services, and no minimum work level or guaranteed compensation is provided to the contractor; all work initiation remains at the Department's discretion based on available funding.