Document Summary

This is a Contract Renewal Renegotiation Summary Form and Amendment No. 4 for DEP Contract No. HW556, a Waste Cleanup Program Consolidated Contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and TBE GROUP, INC., doing business as Cardno TBE. The contract provides professional engineering and geological support for the Waste Cleanup Program on a task assignment basis, funded through a combination of federal and state sources under the WQATF funding mechanism.

Amendment No. 4 exercises a five-year renewal option, extending the contract completion date from December 26, 2015 to December 26, 2020, and increases the contract ceiling from $20,000,000.00 to $40,000,000.00. The funding increment amount was reduced from $228,191.29 to $221,896.72. The revised rate schedule (Attachment E-1) provides detailed cost structures including direct labor rates ranging from $12.00 to $80.00 per hour across multiple classifications, indirect rates with overhead multipliers of 169.58 percent, laboratory analysis rates for metals and extractables, equipment rental rates, vehicle rental rates, and an expendables allowance of $32.50 per day. A 3 percent across-the-board reduction in equipment cost rates was implemented as part of cost savings negotiations. The contract maintains level and quality of services and encompasses appropriation categories 101492, 101494, 082474, 088502, and 080524 under Budget Entity 37450300.