DOT-SS-26-8023-JR.pdf

PUR 7776 (Revised 07/2022) Page 1 of 3

Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Transportation, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise

TITLE: Federal Freshwater Herbaceous Wetland Mitigation Bank Credits-Peace River Basin

(USGS HUC #03100101)

Short description of the commodity or service desired: The Florida Department of Transportation

(Department) seeks to purchase 0.91 federal freshwater herbaceous wetland mitigation bank credits for current needs within the Peace River Basin (HUC#03100101).

CONTACT

Name: Jamie Reyes

Address: Florida's Turnpike Enterprise

Florida's Turnpike, Milepost 263

Turkey Lake Service Plaza, Building 5315

Ocoee, Florida 34761

Telephone: (407) 264-3204

Email: TP.Purch@dot.state.fl.us

Internal tracking number, if any: DOT-SS-26-8023-JR

Date posted: Last day for receipt of information:

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

64141701 Environmental Mitigation Credit

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

One (1) year

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

Nicolette Lundie, Florida's Turnpike Environmental Permits Coordinator

PO Box 613069

Ocoee, FL 34761

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

8/21/25 9/12/25

Docusign Envelope ID: 46E32B55-B318-4C21-8114-E5C0EDFDC8D9

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

The Department requires 0.91 federal freshwater herbaceous wetland mitigation credits to offset environmental impacts from a proposed transportation project located within the Peace River

Basin (HUC #03100101), to meet the Department's mitigation needs as required by USACE.

Compensatory mitigation of wetland and other surface water impacts resulting from

Department transportation projects will be funded by the Department and be carried out by the use of permitted mitigation banks and any other mitigation options that satisfy state and federal requirements in a manner that promotes efficiency, timeliness in project delivery, and cost effectiveness. In order to implement mitigation options, the Department is authorized to purchase credits for current and future use directly from a mitigation bank.

Intended Single Source:

EarthBalance Corporation

2570 Commerce Parkway

North Port, FL 34289

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$227,500.00

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

In accordance with the current compensatory mitigation hierarchy as referenced in the Army Corps of Engineers 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule, the purchase of appropriate mitigation credits from approved wetland mitigation banks within a service area covering the proposed project impacts should be the first option to satisfy project mitigation needs. EarthBalance Corporation owns and operates a mitigation bank, Horse Creek Mitigation Bank, that has the ability to provide wetland mitigation credits for projects within the Peace River Basin (HUC#03100101). Horse

Creek Mitigation Bank (EarthBalance Corporation) is currently the sole source that can provide the remaining balance of federal herbaceous credits within the project basin, Peace River Basin

HUC #03100101.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Requestor:

Florida's Turnpike Environmental Permits Coordinator Title

Nic_______________________________olette Lundie Print Name

Docusign Envelope ID: 46E32B55-B318-4C21-8114-E5C0EDFDC8D9

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Incorporated by Reference: Rule 60A-1.045, F.A.C.

Procurement Office: Central Office Legal Review:

Sheree Merting

Print Name Print Name

Director of Procurement

Title Title

Authorized Signature Authorized Signature

Legal review by the Office of General Counsel is required prior to posting. Please coordinate with

District Legal Counsel prior to submission to the Office of General Counsel, MS-58.

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.

Docusign Envelope ID: 46E32B55-B318-4C21-8114-E5C0EDFDC8D9

Jada Roulhac

Assistant General Counsel