CN-370000-GC574-A7.pdf

This document is Amendment No. 7 to DEP Contract No. GC574, a state contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Earth Tech, Inc. d/b/a Earth Tech Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The contract was originally entered into on April 23, 1999, and has been amended multiple times, with this seventh amendment executed on May 23, 2005. The contract is for petroleum contamination site cleanup services and environmental consulting work related to the Petroleum Preapproval Program administered by the DEP's Division of Waste Management-Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems.

The amended contract establishes comprehensive rates and procedures for environmental services including field sampling, laboratory analyses, drilling operations, and equipment rental. Key service categories include laboratory aqueous and solid matrix analytical testing with a three-week maximum turnaround time; drilling rates for mud rotary and hollow stem auger drilling up to 100 feet using specified fixed rate schedules; equipment rental rates for field instrumentation ranging from $6.00 to $134.40 daily; and equipment kit rates for specialized services such as soil assessment, monitoring well installation, and hydrogeological testing. The contract includes detailed quality assurance requirements mandating DoH ELCP laboratory certification, field sampling procedures conforming to DEP standards, and comprehensive reporting and documentation standards. Subcontracting is permitted with prior written consent to specified laboratories only (Environmental Conservation Laboratories, Inc., Southern Research Laboratories, Inc., Severn Trent Laboratories, and Lab Central, Inc.). The contract incorporates Florida Administrative Code requirements, NELAC standards, and specific petroleum preapproval program protocols with all sampling and analytical work subject to departmental audit and quality system review.