CN-370000-GC879-A3.pdf

DEP Contract No. GC879 Amendment No. 3 is an amendment to an indefinite delivery contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Taylor Environmental Consulting, LLC, executed February 26, 2014, and amended September 30, 2015. This amendment, effective March 14, 2017, modifies various administrative and operational provisions of the restated contract. The contractor is located at 2013 Live Oak Boulevard, Suite E, Saint Cloud, Florida 34771, with primary contact Lee C. Taylor, P.E. The Department's Petroleum Restoration Program manages the contract through its office located at 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.

Amendment No. 3 revises notification procedures, public records requirements and handling, record-keeping and audit obligations, tax exemption status, contractor qualification and disqualification provisions, employment verification requirements through E-Verify, scrutinized company certification, MyFloridaMarketPlace transaction fee procedures, and contract execution methods. Key modifications include updated notice addresses and electronic delivery procedures, comprehensive public records compliance requirements under Florida Statutes Chapter 119, maintenance of audit-accessible records for five years post-contract completion, E-Verify employment eligibility verification for all employees and subcontractors, and exclusion of delinquent contractors from future state business. The amendment also adds guidance documents related to petroleum storage systems investigations and updates the Scope of Services table by deleting Item No. 44 and adding Items 44.a and 44.b addressing amended contractor damage protocols and performance standards for state-funded investigations near petroleum storage systems.