Summary

This is a Task Assignment Notification Form (Attachment C) for DEP Contract No. GC896, Task Assignment #2, issued by the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to the Board of County Commissioners for Palm Beach County. The assignment covers the period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, with a total fixed cost of $543,491.20. The contract manager for the local program is Robert Robbins, and the DEP contract manager is Rose Driber. The task involves all work as specified in Attachment A of the primary contract GC896.

The assignment compensates the local program through fixed costs for petroleum cleanup site management of 159 non-Low Score Assessment (LSA) source properties and five LSA source properties, with annual fixed cost base rates of $1,851,480.00 and $492,480.00 respectively. Compensation varies by site phase: planning phase sites receive $3,800.00 annually; remediation phase sites receive $7,600.00 annually for the first two years and $3,800.00 thereafter; monitoring phase sites receive $2,280.00 annually; and non-program voluntary cleanup sites receive 75 percent of effort costs. The contract includes performance incentives of up to $750.00 per site for completing specified milestones such as Site Rehabilitation Completion Orders, Purchase Orders, or Remedial Action Plans. Monthly payments can range from 95 to 109 percent of one-twelfth of total compensation, with a 5 percent monthly retainage withheld and up to 80 percent released based on four performance metrics related to turnaround times, data entry accuracy, and document processing. An additional 20 percent retainage is released annually upon verification that 98 percent of assigned source properties were visited or inspected during the fiscal year.