CN-370000-GC574-A9.pdf

This is DEP Contract No. GC574, Amendment No. 9, an indefinite delivery vehicle between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Earth Tech, Inc., d/b/a Earth Tech Consulting, Inc., headquartered at 30 South Keller Road, Suite 500, Orlando, Florida 32810. The contract was originally executed on April 23, 1999, and has been amended multiple times, most recently on June 8, 2007. The amendment adds Severn Trent Laboratory, Inc. (STL Pensacola) as an authorized subcontractor and revises the rate schedule. The contract is managed by DEP Contract Manager Ferda Yilmaz and includes requirements for separation of duties in procurement activities.

The contract provides petroleum contamination site cleanup services on an indefinite delivery basis, with compensation structured as fixed rate, lump sum, and cost reimbursement combined. The revised rate schedule (Attachment C-3, Revised 4/2007) includes hourly billing rates for various occupational classifications ranging from $6.55 to $50.43 per hour, equipment rental rates for specialized field equipment, and equipment kit rates for bundled services such as soil assessment kits ($561.62), monitoring well installation kits ($614.84), hydrogeologic/pumping test kits ($649.93), and groundwater sampling kits ($611.15). The contract specifies that equipment rental rates are fully loaded with no additional markups allowed, apply to actual usage only, and establish maximum weekly compensation at four times the daily rate and maximum monthly compensation at three times the weekly rate. All compensation to be paid under the contract is subject to accurate wage rates and factual unit costs as certified by the contractor in the Truth-in-Negotiation Certificate executed June 8, 2007.