Document Summary

This is a Task Assignment Change Order Form for Contract PL352 between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and F4 TECH (FORESTECH Consulting, Inc.). The change order, dated May 31, 2016, represents Change Order No. 1 to Task Assignment 3 under the indefinite delivery vehicle contract. The contract involves resource management projects across multiple Florida state parks and preserves operated by DEP, with the contractor responsible for evaluating, costing, and implementing prescribed fire, fireline improvement, mechanical vegetation control, exotic plant control, tree/brush removal, hydrological restoration, and timber restoration activities.

The change order adds thirty (30) additional resource management projects focused on timber restoration to Exhibit A, along with language enabling the contractor to charge a fixed percentage of project income. The contract maintains its original completion date of June 30, 2017, with no changes to the total funding amount of $5,000,000.00. The contract structure includes time and materials cost reimbursement for Tasks 1.A–1.B (evaluating and costing projects) and all-inclusive fixed-rate unit costs for Task 1.C (project implementation). Labor rates for F4 TECH personnel range from $88.00 to $269.00 per hour, with subcontractor rates for organizations including Natural Resource Planning Services, Atkins, Flatwoods Forestry, and Nobles Consulting Group specified at varying hourly rates. Travel expenses are capped at $50,000.00, and total contractor fees cannot exceed $650,000.00, with the overall task assignment ceiling at $5,000,000.00.