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City of Sunny Isles Beach RFP 18-04-02 Disaster Debris Management and Disposal Services ® 5.4 Why Ceres • Throughout our proposal, we have highlighted the experience and capabilities that make us an excellent choice to support City of Sunny Isles Beach in the event of a disaster. Ceres has 42 years of experience in disaster recovery and employs a professional and managerial staff with exceptional experience in the field. We own more than 500 pieces of equipment and have a database of more than 5,000 trusted subcontractors to support our disaster relief efforts. The company is financially secure, with a bonding capacity of more than $500 million per project. We know that City of Sunny Isles Beach will receive proposals from several other qualified disaster relief firms. Why choose Ceres above the others? Beyond our experience and capabilities is our reputation: we always get the job done. Some of the highlights of our reputation include: ■ Ceres Environmental Services, Inc. has never defaulted on a contract or failed to complete any work awarded Throughout exemplary performance on over $1.8 billion dollars of Emergency Debris Management contracts awarded by various government agencies within the past 25 years on over 120 FEMA-funded contracts, Ceres has never defaulted or failed to complete a contract. Ceres has, on more than one occasion, stepped in when other prime contractors could not complete the work they were obligated to perform and has taken over as prime contractor. For example, when a devastating hurricane hit Isle of Wight County in Virginia, the prime contractor could not perform due to other contractual commitments. Ceres stepped in and performed as prime, earning a Letter of Recommendation and appreciation from the County Director of Public Works which reads, in part: "Through this very trying and difficult period Ceres has given us exemplary service. They have been responsive in the needs that are unique to our County, they have advised us of FEMA regulations, they have made suggestions to save the County money and most importantly they conducted their business in a professional manner. 4111 1 have been most impressed by their thoroughness and flexibility.As one may well expect, during such a disaster as this hurricane, plans often go down the drain. They have in many instances put planned duties aside to respond to emergency requests without sacrificing the overall goal." • No client of Ceres has been denied reimbursement for work Ceres has performed Ceres' professional staff assists our local clients, upon request, with their preparation and submission of project worksheets for FEMA and other federal agencies. Ceres' personnel are trained in FEMA regulations and are schooled in the use of FEMA Public Assistance Debris Management Guide FEMA 325/July 2007, as well as additional resource books Public Assistance Guide FEMA 322/June 2007 and Public Assistance Policy Digest 321/January 2008. Ceres personnel are also familiar with the Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide, as well as 2 CFR Part 200 Procurement Standards. • Ceres has the proven capacity to handle multiple response situations simultaneously without sacrificing schedules or quality In 2016, Ceres was already working in Louisiana following heavy rains and flooding when Hurricanes • Hermine and Matthew hit the U.S. coast within a month of each other. While finishing up jobs in south central Louisiana, Ceres also responded to several counties in Florida and Georgia after Hurricane Hermine and then to an additional 14 jurisdictions in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. In 2014, Ceres responded to two large-scale projects following Winter Storm Pax, which covered the Southeast in freezing rain and ice. Ceres removed and disposed of approximately one million cubic yards of debris in Columbia County, GA and Guilford County, NC. In 2011, Ceres responded to the spring tornadoes that devastated the South, the spring floods in North Dakota, Hurricane Irene in North Carolina and Virginia, and Winter Storm Alfred in the Northeast. Ceres ® accomplished eight separate contracts while fulfilling all contractual obligations. CEN-E Tab 5 Qualifications and Requirements Section 4 Why Ceres ENVIRONMENTAL Page 5.4-1