Contract Summary

This document is a Task Assignment Change Order Form issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on May 30, 2018, for a contract with FORETECH Consulting, Inc. (dba F4 TECH). The change order modifies Task Assignment TA3 PL352, extending the completion date by six months to December 31, 2018, with no changes to the funding amount. The contractor representative is Mark Milligan, and the DEP Contract Manager is Jim Singleton.

The contract involves resource management projects focused on evaluating, providing cost estimates for, and implementing environmental management activities on Department-managed properties, including prescribed burning, vegetation control, invasive species removal, and habitat restoration. Services are structured in four phases: Project Evaluation and Documentation Development, Provide Fixed Cost to Implement Project(s), Implement Project(s), and Post Implementation Project Management. The contractor conducts inspections, develops Scopes of Work, and implements approved projects on a fixed-cost-per-unit basis and/or time-and-materials basis. The original task amount was $5,000,000.00 in fees, with the task amount prior to this change order at $12,650,000.00, representing the cumulative total with all previous change orders. The contract allows up to 5 percent markup on subcontractor costs. Work is invoiced monthly based on hours worked at identified rates and fixed implementation costs, with invoices subject to Department review and acceptance prior to payment.