Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-787 - POLLUTION RESPONSE ACTION CONTRACTS FOR THE WASTE CLEANUP PROGRAM › Section 62-787.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All words and phrases defined in Sections
				   287.012, and
				   376.301, F.S., shall have the
				  same meaning when used in this chapter.
(1) "Continuing Contract" means a Contract
				between the Department and a PRAC for an indefinite quantity of Professional
				Services as described in the scope of services in the Continuing Contract for a
				period of time defined in the Continuing Contract.
(2) "Department" means the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(3)
				"Firm" means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is
				certified under Section
				 471.023, F.S., to practice or
				offer to practice engineering.
(4)
				"Level of Effort" means the estimate that the PRACs will provide based on their
				Project assessment, including the cost(s) from lowest responsible and
				responsive bid(s) from non-Professional Services.
(5) "Oral Evaluation Committee" means
				Department employees selected by the Department head or designee to evaluate
				the oral presentation portion of the Request for Qualifications.
(6) "Pollution Response Action Contractor" or
				"PRAC" means a single entity that is responsible for a Project, including
				scheduling and coordination, in both pre-rehabilitation and rehabilitation
				phases, and generally responsible for the successful, timely, and economical
				completion of the Project. The PRAC shall also be responsible for procurement
				and management of all non-Professional Services contractor(s) used on a
				Project.
(7) "Professional
				Services" means pursuant to Section
				 287.055, F.S., those services
				within the scope of the practice of architecture, professional engineering,
				landscape architecture or registered surveying and mapping, as defined by the
				laws of the State of Florida, or those performed by any architect, professional
				engineer, landscape architect, or registered surveyor and mapper in connection
				with his or her professional employment or practice.
(8) "Project" means a response action as
				defined in Section  376.301, F.S.
(9) "Request for Qualifications" or "RFQ"
				means a solicitation for statements of qualification for the Department to
				select one or more vendors to provide Professional Services under a Continuing
				Contract, performed in accordance with Section
				 287.055, F.S., and the
				procedures outlined in Rules
				 62-787.300 and
				 62-787.400, F.A.C.
(10) "Site" means any "contaminated site" as
				defined in Section  376.301, F.S.
(11) "Task Assignment" means written
				authorization by the Department to a selected PRAC to use contracted services
				to conduct a defined set of activities related to a Project for a Site or
				multiple Sites under the Waste Cleanup Program.
(12) "Task Assignment Change Order" means a
				modification to a Task Assignment by written authorization prior to the
				expiration of the Task Assignment or underlying Continuing Contract.
(13) "Technical Evaluation Committee" means
				Department employees selected by the Department head or designee to evaluate
				the technical presentation portion during the Request for
				Qualifications.
(14) "Waste Cleanup
				Program" means all response action activity, regardless of funding source,
				excluding response actions addressed pursuant to rule Chapter 62-772, F.A.C.
Within four years of the effective date of this rule, the
				  Department will evaluate this rule to determine if the Department needs to
				  repeal this rule in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
				   120.54,
				  F.S.
Rulemaking Authority
					 287.0595,
					 376.303 FS. Law Implemented
					 287.055,
					 287.0595,
					 376.30,
					 376.301,
					 376.303,
					 376.305,
					 376.307,
					 376.3078
					 FS.
New 11-17-20.