CN-370000-GC698-T3.pdf

This is a Task Assignment Notification (Attachment B) issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to Polk County under Contract No. GC698, Task No. 03. The task assignment, effective either upon execution or July 1, 2009, whichever is later, remains in effect until June 30, 2010. The contractor is responsible for performing inspections of reported discharges, installations, and closures involving regulated storage tank systems, as well as conducting routine compliance inspections for at least 75% of the facilities listed in the Contractor's Facilities Inventory. The contractor must perform all Enforcement Actions in accordance with the Guidance Document F (Level of Effort) and is prohibited from allocating funding to non-program activities outside the scope of the contract or task assignment. The contractor acknowledges that provisions of Section 376.3071, F.S., prohibit the use of Inland Protection Trust Fund money for purposes other than those specified, with Polk County authorized to use $65,000 from their accrued fund balance.

The contract establishes a payment schedule with Payment 1-11 valued at $35,293.62 each and Payment 12 at $35,293.72, for a total contracted amount of $423,523.54. According to Exhibit #2, the facilities inventory identifies 1,095 total regulated facilities and 1,933 total regulated storage tank systems across Hardee and Polk Counties. The funding is allocated through Organization Code 37450402000, EO TH, Object Code 132500, Module 4562, Special Category IPTF 100029 for fiscal years 2009-10. Task managers include DEP Task Manager Laurel Culbreth and Contractor Task Manager Donald Ehlenbeck, with authorization signatures from the DEP Contract Manager, Contractor's Contract Manager, and DEP Budget Representative, all dated May 2009.