CN-370000-GC723-A1.pdf

This document package contains a Departmental Contract with Amendment No. 1 between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and FRS Environmental Remediation, Inc. d/b/a The FGS Group, executed on September 30, 2009, and amended on April 21, 2010. The contract is identified as GC723 and was procured through a Statewide Contract (SOQ) process under reference number 2008030C. The vendor, FRS Environmental Remediation, Inc., is a Florida-based corporation with principal address at 120 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33603, and holds tax identification number 59-3502180. The contract was managed by Grant Willis from the DEP's Office of Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems.

The contract provides for petroleum contamination site cleanup services as an indefinite delivery vehicle with no specified total contract amount or fixed time period stated in the documents reviewed. Amendment No. 1 added requirements for green remediation practices that minimize collateral environmental damage through sustainable approaches such as bio-diesel fuels, solar and wind power, energy-efficient equipment, and reduced vehicle travel. The contract incorporates federal EPA Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program (CFDA 66.805) grant funds and includes Buy American requirements under Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for iron, steel, and manufactured goods. The contractor must comply with cost comparison procedures for any foreign materials and provide reasonable cost justification when domestic products are unavailable or cost-prohibitive.