Terms Used In Florida Regulations > Chapter 62-787 - Pollution Response Action Contracts for the Waste Cleanup Program

• 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. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Firm: means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that is certified under Florida Statutes § 471. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• 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. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Oral Evaluation Committee: means Department employees selected by the Department head or designee to evaluate the oral presentation portion of the Request for Qualifications. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• 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. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Professional Services: means pursuant to Florida Statutes § 287. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Project: means a response action as defined in Florida Statutes § 376. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• 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 Florida Statutes § 287. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Site: means any "contaminated site" as defined in Florida Statutes § 376. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• 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. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• 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. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Technical Evaluation Committee: means Department employees selected by the Department head or designee to evaluate the technical presentation portion during the Request for Qualifications. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200
• Waste Cleanup Program: means all response action activity, regardless of funding source, excluding response actions addressed pursuant to rule Fl. See Florida Regulations 62-787.200