CN-370000-PL275-A1.pdf

Contract No. PL275 Amendment No. 1

Rev. 04/20/17

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO CONTRACT NO. PL275

BETWEEN

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AND

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY, INC.

This Amendment to Contract No. PL275, (Contract) is made by and between the Department of Environmental Protection (Department), an agency of the State of Florida, and Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., 1408 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 115, Tampa, Florida 33606 (Contractor), on the date last signed below.

WHEREAS, the Department entered into the Contract with the Contractor for environmental site assessment services effective July 04, 2013; and

WHEREAS, the contract needs to be revised to reflect a change in the Department’s Contract Manager.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Paragraph 13 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Any and all notices shall be delivered to the parties at the following addresses:

Contractor Department Environmental Consulting & Department of Environmental Protection Technology, Inc. Division of State Lands 1408 North Westshore Boulevard, Suite 115 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS# 140 Tampa, Florida 33606 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000 Attn: Darren Stowe Attn: James Parker Phone Number: (813) 549-4370 Phone Number: (850) 245-3045 Email: dstowe@ectinc.com Email: James.Parker@dep.state.fl.us

2. Paragraph 14 is hereby revised to change the Department’s Contract Manager from Aric Larson to James Parker,

(850) 245-3045.

3. Paragraph 15 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

A. Contractor shall maintain books, records and documents directly pertinent to performance under this Contract in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) consistently applied.

Department, the State, or their authorized representatives shall have access to such records for audit purposes during the term of this Contract and for five (5) years following Contract completion or termination. In the event any work is subcontracted, the Contractor shall similarly require each subcontractor to maintain and allow access to such records for audit purposes.

B. Inspector General Audit Cooperation. The Contractor understands its duty, pursuant to subsection 20.055(5), F.S., to cooperate with the inspector general in any investigation, audit, inspection, review, or hearing. The Contractor will comply with this duty and ensure that its subcontracts issued under this Contract, if any, impose this requirement, in writing, on its subcontractors.

4. Paragraph 16 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Exhibit A, Public Records Requirements, as attached to this Amendment, is hereby incorporated into the Contract.”

5. Paragraph 39 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

mailto:dstowe@ectinc.com mailto:James.Parker@dep.state.fl.us

Rev. 04/20/17

MyFloridaMarketPlace Transaction Fee.

A. The State of Florida through the Department of Management Services (DMS), has instituted MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP), a statewide e-procurement system. Pursuant to Section 287.057(22)(c), F.S., all payments shall be assessed a Transaction Fee which the Contractor shall pay the State unless exempt pursuant to Rule 60A-1.031, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).

B. For payments within the State accounting system (FLAIR or its successor), the Transaction Fee shall, when possible, be automatically deducted from payments to the Contractor. If automatic deduction is not possible, the Contractor shall pay the Transaction Fee pursuant to Rule 60A-1.031, F.A.C. By submission of these reports and corresponding payments, the Contractor certifies their correctness. All such reports and payments shall be subject to audit by the State or its designee.

C. Contractor shall receive a credit for any Transaction Fee paid by the Contractor for the purchase of any item(s) if such item(s) is/are returned to the Contractor through no fault, act, or omission of the Contractor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Transaction Fee is non-refundable when an item is rejected, returned, or declined, due to the Contractor’s failure to perform or comply with specifications or requirements of this Contract.

D. Failure to comply with these requirements shall constitute grounds for declaring the Contractor in default and recovering re-procurement costs from the Contractor in addition to all outstanding fees. CONTRACTORS THAT ARE DELINQUENT IN PAYING TRANSACTION FEES MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM CONDUCTING FUTURE BUSINESS

WITH THE STATE.

6. The following provision is hereby added to the Contract as a new paragraph 43:

Either party may provide notice to the other party by email identifying a change of a designated Contract Manager and providing the new contact information for the newly designated Contract Manager. Such notice is sufficient to effectuate this change without requiring a written amendment to the Contract.

7. The following provision is hereby added to the Contract as a new paragraph 44:

Dispute Resolution. Any dispute concerning performance of the Contract shall be decided as follows:

A. All claims or disputes (Claims) must be presented to the Department in writing within thirty (30) days of the date such Claim arises (Notice of Dispute). The Notice of Dispute shall set out in detail all aspects of the disputed matters to be resolved, including the specific relief sought by the Contractor. Claims not presented by Notice of Dispute to Contract Manager shall be deemed waived by the Contractor.

B. The parties shall make a good faith attempt to resolve Claims which may arise from time to time by informal conference within ten (10) days of the Notice of Dispute.

C. Within ten (10) days of the informal conference, the Department shall provide Contractor a detailed written response to the Claim. A formal conference of the parties shall be convened no later than thirty (30) days following the Department’s response to the Notice of Dispute, unless the parties mutually agree in writing to a longer period of time within which to schedule a formal conference.

1) All persons necessary to resolution of the claim or disputed matter shall attend the formal conference.

2) Minutes of the formal conference shall be taken, recorded, transcribed, and signed by the Department and the Contractor. Any terms of settlement and/or resolution reached shall be signed by all persons authorized to resolve the Claim.

D. Either party may request mediation of unresolved Claims, with the party seeking mediation to bear the expense of mediation.

E. Any Claim not resolved at formal conference or mediation, may be the subject of a complaint filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in Leon County, Florida.

Rev. 04/20/17

EXHIBIT A, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUIREMENTS

A. Contractor shall comply with Florida Public Records law under Chapter 119, F.S. Records made or received in conjunction with this Contract are public records under Florida law, as defined in Section 119.011(12), F.S. Contractor shall keep and maintain public records required by the Department to perform the services under this Contract.

B. This Contract may be unilaterally canceled by the Department for refusal by the Contractor to either provide to the Department upon request, or to allow inspection and copying of all public records made or received by the Contractor in conjunction with this Contract and subject to disclosure under Chapter 119, F.S., and Section 24(a), Article I, Florida Constitution.

C. If Contractor meets the definition of “Contractor” found in Section 119.0701(1)(a), F.S.; [i.e., an individual, partnership, corporation, or business entity that enters into a contract for services with a public agency and is acting on behalf of the public agency], then the following requirements apply:

1) Pursuant to Section 119.0701, F.S., a request to inspect or copy public records relating to this Contract for services must be made directly to the Department. If the Department does not possess the requested records, the Department shall immediately notify the Contractor of the request, and the Contractor must provide the records to the Department or allow the records to be inspected or copied within a reasonable time. If Contractor fails to provide the public records to the Department within a reasonable time, the Contractor may be subject to penalties under s. 119.10, F.S.

2) Upon request from the Department’s custodian of public records, Contractor shall provide the Department with a copy of the requested records or allow the records to be inspected or copied within a reasonable time at a cost that does not exceed the cost provided in Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, or as otherwise provided by law.

3) Contractor shall identify and ensure that all public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized by law for the duration of the Contract term and following completion of the Contract if the Contractor does not transfer the records to the Department.

4) Upon completion of the Contract, Contractor shall transfer, at no cost to Department, all public records in possession of Contractor or keep and maintain public records required by the Department to perform the services under this Contract. If the Contractor transfers all public records to the Department upon completion of the Contract, the Contractor shall destroy any duplicate public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public disclosure requirements. If the Contractor keeps and maintains public records upon completion of the Contract, the Contractor shall meet all applicable requirements for retaining public records. All records that are stored electronically must be provided to Department, upon request from the Department’s custodian of public records, in a format that is accessible by and compatible with the information technology systems of Department.

D. IF THE CONTRACTOR HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 119,

F.S., TO THE CONTRACTOR’S DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO THIS

CONTRACT, CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT’S CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS by telephone at (850) 245-2118, by email at public.services@dep.state.fl.us, or at the mailing address below.

Department of Environmental Protection Office of the Ombudsman & Public Services Attn: Public Records Request 3900 Commonwealth Blvd, MS 49 Tallahassee, Florida 32399