Contract Summary

This is a coastal engineering services contract (DEP Contract No. DC419) entered into between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), through its Division of Recreation and Parks, Bureau of Design and Recreation Services, and Coastal Systems International, Inc., a Florida corporation located at 464 Dixie Highway, Coral Gables, Florida 33146. The contract was executed on April 15, 2005, and is effective through April 15, 2008, with provisions for renewal for up to three additional one-year periods. The contract is based on Solicitation No. RFSOQBDRS 04-02/03 and covers coastal engineering services for work in Districts 5 and 10, including Broward, Dade, Glades, Hendry, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties.

The contractor is retained to provide professional coastal engineering services including schematic design studies, design development documents, contract documents, and construction administration services. Compensation is based on a combination fixed price and cost reimbursement basis as specified in individual Task Assignments and Task Assignment Change Orders. Key personnel identified include Timothy K. Blankenship, P.E., as the contractor's project manager, and Michael Renard as the FDEP contract manager. The contractor must maintain errors and omissions insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, along with commercial automobile liability insurance of $1,000,000. The contract requires compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, maintains that all work products become the property of the Department, and includes provisions for termination for convenience with thirty calendar days' notice.