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ADDENDUM No. 1

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

DEP Procurement Section

3800 Commonwealth Boulevard, MS#93 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000

June 5, 2023

Addendum To: DEP Solicitation No. 2023014, entitled

“Environmental Site Assessment Services”

The Department hereby answers questions posed by prospective Vendors. This addendum does not need to be returned with the response.

Question Number

Solicitation Section

Solicitation Page Number Question / Answer

1.

Respective to this advertisement, can you please provide the names of the incumbent firm(s), how long each firm has had such a contract, and the total contract dollars awarded.

• Cardno, Inc. – PL270 $33,008.00

• WSP USA Environmental &Infrastructure, Inc. – PL272

$21,300.00

• GHD Services, Inc. – PL273 $352,225.00

• Aerostar SES, LLC – PL270 $70,635.00

• T.Y Lin International – PL274 $7,925.00

• Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. – PL275

$53,617.50

• Northstar Contracting Group, Inc. – PL269 $146,007.32

• Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. – PL276 $30,065.00

• Tetra Tech, Inc. – PL277 $34,887.00

• Professional Service Industries, Inc. – PL278 $33,643.62

Each firm has been under contract for 10 years.

2.

1) Is/are there an incumbent (s)? Yes. See answer to question number 1.

2) What is the expected yearly contact budget and number of sites that are assessed yearly?

There is no expected/specific contract budget as Task Assignments are issued for approved tasks. From 2013 to date, 101 task assignments have been issued for Phase I ESA under this contract.

3) If there are multiple awards will the projects be on a rotational basis or will they be bid?

Please refer to Section 4.1.2 Work Assignment Process A & B in the Scope of Work.

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Question Number

Solicitation Section

Solicitation Page Number Question / Answer

3.

3.4.1.2 Required

Forms 14

Is it acceptable for respondents to recreate the required forms (without changes to content) in our proposal format so we can include identifying headers and footers?

No. It is not acceptable to recreate the required forms.

4.

3.3 Submission 14

Please confirm that this is the correct shipping information:

Department of Environmental Protection DEP Procurement Section, Room 215 3800 Commonwealth Blvd., MS93 Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000 850-245-2516 (UPS and FedEx require a phone number) Yes. The shipping information is correct.

5.

1.8 Timeline of

Events 5

Since this is a Federal holiday, please confirm that FDEP will be open for business on due date June 19th Yes. The Department will be open for business on June 19, 2023.

6.

4.1 Scope of Work 18

The word “(Service)” appears after the previous sentence and below the first paragraph of 4.1. Please confirm this is a typo or provide any missing information.

The word “Service” is not a typo, and there is no missing information. The word “Service” is used to summarize the services described in Section 4.1 as a whole.

7.

3.6 Confidential

Response Materials 16

Is it acceptable for us to redact our rate schedule?

If a Respondent determines that any portion of their response is confidential and therefore exempt from public record, the Respondent must follow all requirements contained within Sections 3.6 and 3.6.1 which includes providing a separate index that describes in writing the grounds for claiming exemption from the Public Records Law, including the specific statutory citation for such exemption.

8.

Will FDEP provide a breakdown of the total amount awarded under the existing contract?

See answer to question number 1.

9.

Attachment 2, Past Performance 26

May we have a phone number from which the reference phone calls will originate to provide to our references so they can recognize the call?

The phone number from which the reference phone calls will originate is unknown at this time.