Summary of DEP Contract No. GW283

This is an original contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Department of Health (DOH), Bureau of Environmental Health, effective July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016, with renewal provisions for up to three additional one-year periods. The contract is for potable water quality monitoring services including water well surveys, sampling, and data collection for the Petroleum Cleanup Program, Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program, Waste Cleanup Program, and Certification and Restoration Program. The contract operates as an indefinite delivery vehicle with task assignments issued through Task Assignment Notification Forms or Task Assignment Change Order Forms. The transaction was exempted from the one percent MyFloridaMarketPlace transaction fee under categorical exemption provisions.

Compensation is structured on a combination fee schedule and cost reimbursement basis. Water well survey fees are $155 per survey with GPS location services at $12.50 per well, while water sample collection fees range from $89 to $99 per well depending on the number of samples. Administrative services are reimbursed on a cost basis not to exceed five percent of direct costs, with a detailed budget breakdown required annually. Training, travel, and equipment maintenance and repair costs are reimbursed as authorized in individual task assignments. Petroleum Cleanup Program funding derives from the Inland Protection Trust Fund, tracked separately from other program funds. The contract requires invoices be submitted quarterly with supporting itemized expenditure documentation, and all payments are subject to a 40-day payment timeline per Florida Statutes Section 215.422. The DOH maintains full electronic access to the DEP Laboratory's Laboratory Information Management System.