Contract Summary

This is an indefinite delivery contract (GC704) between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Department of Health Madison County Health Department for the Storage Tank System Compliance Verification Program. The contract covers compliance inspections and enforcement activities for storage tank systems in Madison, Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, and Taylor Counties in Florida. The agreement became effective July 1, 2007, and was set to remain in effect through June 30, 2017, with provisions for renewal for an additional three-year term not to exceed the original contract period. Michael Gordon serves as the Contractor's contact person, while Marshall Mott-Smith is the DEP Contract Manager.

The contractor is responsible for performing compliance inspections, discharge inspections, closure inspections, installation inspections, and Level 1 enforcement actions on regulated storage tank systems within the specified counties. The contract establishes detailed performance standards requiring 33 percent of routine compliance inspections completed within four months, 66 percent within eight months, and 100 percent within twelve months of each Task Assignment. Compensation is provided on a fixed-price basis for each executed Task Assignment, with monthly invoicing capped at amounts specified in individual task notifications. The contract requires the contractor to maintain qualified Environmental Specialist personnel, submit inspection data to the Florida Inspection Reporting for Storage Tanks (FIRST) database, and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Penalties of 8.3 percent of the current Task Assignment amount apply for insufficient record-keeping, and performance below 75 percent on program reviews results in mandatory corrective action plans.