CN-310000-P8278.pdf

This is a contract between the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management, and Ernst & Young LLP for professional Disaster Recovery Services related to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Stafford Act grant programs. The contract is specifically for FDEM Region 6, which includes Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, and Sarasota counties, with work to be performed at the FEMA Joint Field Office in Orlando, Florida.

The contract covers comprehensive grants management for DR-4337 projects under FEMA's Public Assistance Program for Hurricane Irma, with tasks including direct involvement in project worksheet development, evaluation of sub-recipient performance, processing reimbursement requests, auditing sub-recipients for compliance, and project closeout. The contract is effective through the year 2020, with hourly rates ranging from $26 for Program & Administrative Support to $292 for Principal-level staff. Financial consequences are built into the agreement, including potential penalties of 1% of monthly billings for non-performance of deliverables or failure to close out projects within 90 days. The contractor is responsible for tracking hours, maintaining project logs, and providing monthly staffing and project status reports to the Division.