Professional Services Agreement CN331

This is a Professional Services Agreement (DEP Contract No. CN331) between the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Humiston & Moore Engineers, P.A., a Florida corporation headquartered in Naples, Florida. The agreement establishes an indefinite delivery vehicle for statewide professional coastal engineering services. The contract was executed on June 17, 2016, and is governed by Florida law with venue in Leon County. The agreement incorporates multiple attachments defining scope of work, drafting standards, task assignment procedures, and approved wage rates for various consulting firms including Humiston & Moore Engineers, Pinnacle Ecological, Sea Diversified Inc., Scheda Ecological Associates, American Structural Engineering, CSA Ocean Sciences, and Architectural Land Design, among others.

The agreement provides for professional services including initial design schematics, construction documents, budgets, site infrastructure design, surveys, elevations, soil reports, design development documents, bidding assistance, construction supervision, and pay request evaluations. Services are compensated on a fixed fee/cost reimbursement basis as specified in executed Task Assignments, with reimbursable expenses limited to actual costs including transportation, living expenses, and reproductions. The initial term is five years with potential renewal periods not to exceed three years, contingent upon satisfactory performance. The Department may terminate the agreement at will for convenience with thirty days' notice or for cause with a ten-day cure period. All work product, including designs, plans, and specifications, becomes the property of the Department. The consultant must maintain errors and omissions insurance of $1,000,000, commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate, and commercial automobile liability insurance of $1,000,000. Performance is contingent upon annual legislative appropriation.