Specifications include, but are not limited to: Since this is a district wide contract (which covers Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Calhoun, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington Counties), the Department does not have a determination of the number or types of businesses, which will be submitting business damage claims or otherwise eligible for potential business damages. As businesses are identified to be impacted by right of way acquisition or as businesses submit claims, the Department’s project manager will issue assignments to the consultant to perform the requested services by means of a Letter of Authorization or a Task Work Order. The consultant may perform any or all of the following services at the Department’s discretion. (The Department does not guarantee any minimum or maximum number of assignments.) A. Review Business Damage offer as presented by the property owner. B. Determine whether each business examined meets the requirements of section 73.071 (3) (b), Florida Statutes, including the following determinations: 1. That less than the entire business property is being acquired by the Department of Transportation. 2. That the business has been established for five (5) years or more as of the anticipated date of acquisition. 3. That the business is owned by a party whose lands are being acquired by the Department of Transportation and is located on lands adjacent to those taken. C. Visit each business examined to determine the probable impact of the partial taking on the business operation. D. Interview the business owner and/or any designated representative to the extent necessary to ensure that a complete understanding of the business operation is obtained. E. Prepare a Business Damage Estimate Report for a qualifying business or businesses. One (1) original and one (1) copy of each report shall be submitted. Such report(s) shall comply with requirements in accordance with Florida Statues 73.015 and Chapter 14-102, Florida Administrative Code “Reports of Estimate of Probable Business Damages on Department of Transportation Projects.” 1. Perform preliminary cost estimates to the extent possible with limited data on planned, proposed or hypothetical situation. This may include assignments in connection with Department acquisition, eminent domain strategy, pre-litigation mediation and settlement conferences, and/or meeting with the Department’s Business Damage Review Committee. 2. Conduct research, such as observation of business activities and parking studies, which may include use of photographic or videotaping equipment. This may be performed by the consultant or through employment of specialists. 3. Meet in person as needed with the project manager and/or other Department or R/W Consultant personnel to discuss any aspect of this contract and the assignments as described above, items A through E. 4. Perform a review of business damage reports submitted by other business damage experts under contract with the Department, landowners and/or tenants for recommendations to the Department for negotiation purposes. 5. Review of landowner and/or tenant CPA fees. 6. Consultant may be required, on an as-needed basis, to update their Business Damage Report. 7. Consultant shall serve as an expert witness in legal proceedings, if required by the Department. The fee for these services shall be established if, and when, they are needed.