CN-370000-GC709-A2.pdf

DEP Contract No. GC709 is an Amendment No. 2 to an indefinite delivery contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Lee County Board of County Commissioners, Division of Natural Resources. The original contract was executed on June 26, 2007, with the first amendment on January 13, 2009, and this second amendment dated September 4, 2012. The contract involves inspection and compliance services related to storage tank systems and facilities under DEP regulatory oversight.

The amendment revises the compensation structure from fixed price to a fee schedule basis, with payment calculated on a monthly invoice basis submitted using the Contractual Services Invoice form. The fee schedule shall include all costs necessary to perform contracted work, including labor, fringe benefits, overhead, supplies, travel, and non-expendable personal property or equipment costing $1,000 or more, with compensation not to exceed the amount specified in each executed Task Assignment for the specified period. The contractor is responsible for conducting routine compliance inspections and re-inspections using the Florida Inspection Reporting for Storage Tanks (FIRST) database, maintaining accurate facility location coordinates, ensuring field inspector training and certification, determining cost allowability for equipment purchases, managing vehicle maintenance and insurance, and complying with state employment verification requirements through the E-Verify system. The amendment also eliminates specific outdated paragraphs and clarifies conflict-of-interest procedures and prohibited activities related to regulated entities and environmental contamination matters.