Contract Summary

This is an indefinite delivery vehicle (IDV) service contract (GC712) between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Department of Health, Citrus County Health Department for the administration of a Storage Tank System Compliance Verification Program covering Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter Counties in Florida. The contract became effective July 1, 2007, and remains in effect through June 30, 2017, with provisions for renewal for up to three additional years subject to satisfactory performance and fund availability. The contractor is a governmental entity operating as an exempt organization under Florida law.

The contract establishes a task assignment-based delivery mechanism whereby the DEP authorizes work through executed Task Assignment Notification Forms specifying scope, performance period, payment schedule, and funding details. The contractor performs compliance inspections of regulated underground storage tank systems under Florida Chapters 62-761 and 62-762, including discharge inspections, closure inspections, installation inspections, and routine compliance inspections with performance milestones requiring 33 percent completion by four months, 66 percent by eight months, and 100 percent by twelve months. Compensation is on a fixed-price basis per executed Task Assignment with monthly invoicing, subject to performance-based withholding if inspection completion rates fall below specified thresholds. The contractor must maintain separate accounting records, provide annual financial statements within forty-five days of invoice, and retain surplus funds up to ten percent of the current year Task Assignment amount, with excess funds returned to DEP or retained pending written proposal approval.