CN-370000-HW508-A1.pdf

This document comprises a DEP Contract Review Form and Amendment No. 1 for DEP Contract No. HW508, executed between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and RARE EARTH SCIENCES, INC., doing business as HSA ENGINEERS & SCIENTISTS. The contract was originally entered into on April 1, 2003, and the amendment was executed in May 2003. HSA ENGINEERS & SCIENTISTS, INC. is headquartered at 4019 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33617.

The contract provides professional engineering and scientific services on an indefinite delivery basis. Amendment No. 1 corrected the initial labor rates included in the original contract. The revised rate schedule (Attachment E-1) establishes direct labor rates for 14 job classifications, ranging from a low of $7.75 to $13.00 per hour for Junior Technicians to $43.57 to $78.53 per hour for Principal Scientists. The contract has a total value of $260,000.00 with a ceiling amount of $15,000,000.00. Services are delivered on a task-assignment basis under a Fixed Rate (FR), Lump Sum (LS), and Cost Reimbursement (CR) payment structure. The contract is effective through March 31, 2008, with potential for amendments and renewals executed in compliance with Florida Statutes 215.425. The contract is classified as a non-state organization vendor relationship with FEID/SSN 59-3256313.