Attachment A Industrial Hygiene SOW revised.docx

AMENDMENT 0001

ATTACHMENT A

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SERVICES

STATEMENT OF WORK

January 9, 2020

1.0 BACKGROUND

GAO's Headquarters (HQ) Building was constructed ca. 1950, a time period in which certain potentially hazardous building materials were in prevalent use including asbestos and lead. Current safety and environmental regulations require testing and monitoring of materials and both air and water conditions especially in cases where demolition and construction impacts original building components.

Other potential hazards are subject to routine periodic testing and monitoring to assure indoor air and water quality standards are met, including nuisance dust, volatile organic compounds, microbial contamination, and carbon monoxide/carbon dioxide.

Industrial hygiene (IH) services are contracted each year here at HQ to fulfill identified testing and monitoring requirements, and to provide expert IH consulting as required to appropriately address issues.

2.0 DEFINITIONS

The following definitions are provided to clarify acronyms used in this Statement of Work (SOW):

2.1 Asbestos Containing Material (ACM)

Any material determined to contain more than one percent asbestos by weight.

2.2 Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Act (AHERA)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation passed in 1986 and enacted in 1987. AHERA was passed to establish rules and regulations addressing asbestos-containing materials in schools. Specifically, AHERA was designed to address the issues of identifying; evaluating; and controlling ACM in schools. AHERA also established training requirements for asbestos workers such as Inspectors, Project Designers, Management Planners as well as Workers and Supervisors. This was done by creating the EPA Model Accreditation Plan (MAP) which covered training requirements for all disciplines under AHERA.

2.3 Asbestos

Materials such as: chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered. Asbestos also includes PACM, as defined below.

2.4 Asbestos Control Area

Also known as the Regulated Area - An OSHA term defined in 29 CFR 1926.1101 meaning an area established by the Contractor to demarcate areas where Class I, II, III asbestos work is conducted; also any adjoining area were debris and waste from such asbestos work accumulates; and an area within which airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed, or there is a reasonable possibility they may exceed the permissible exposure limit.

2.5 Professional Industrial Hygienist (CPIH/CIH)

The industrial hygienist shall meet the qualification requirements of a PIH and be a certified industrial hygienist (CIH). Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) means one certified in the practice of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). Industrial Hygienist means a professional qualified by education, training, and experience to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and develop controls for occupational health hazards.

2.6 Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

CSP shall meet the qualification requirements of a CSP position and must be currently certified.

2.7 Contractor

An individual who supervises sampling, testing, and abatement work of this Contract and has EPA or State certifications.

2.8 Competent Person

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.32(f) defines a competent person as an individual “who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.”

2.9 Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Technician

Assists and/or organizes the development, implementation, and execution of EHS related processes, programs, and systems. This position establishes and promotes the maintenance of safe and healthy working conditions, develops environmental protection methods based upon current industry technology & best available practices to ensure environmental compliance objectives are met, and recommends measures to reduce environmental and safety risks to occupants and the impact to operations.

2.10 NESHAP

EPA rule designated to control emissions of hazardous air pollutants into the environment. Asbestos is defined in NESHAP as a hazardous air pollutant.

2.11 Personal Sampling

Representative air samples obtained in the breathing zone of the person using a cassette and battery operated pump to determine asbestos exposure.

2.12 Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM)

Analytical method used for the analysis of asbestos air samples. PCM is defined under the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 7400 Method. PCM is typically performed on-site by the Industrial Hygienist (IH). The PCM method is a fiber counting method and is not definitive for asbestos content.

2.13 Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM)

Light microscopy using dispersion staining techniques and refractive indices to identify and quantify the type(s) of asbestos present in a bulk sample.

2.14 Presumed ACM (PACM)

Any, thermal system insulation, surfacing, and flooring material installed in buildings prior to 1981; if the building owner has actual or implied knowledge through due diligence of other materials being or containing ACM, they to shall be treated as PACM. The designation of PACM may be rebutted pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101 (b).

2.15 Qualified Person

A qualified person is defined by OSHA as one who “by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training and experience, has successfully demonstrated his ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the project.

2.16 Removal

Any operations, where ACM, PACM, and/or RACM are taken out or stripped from structures or substrates, including demolition operations are considered to be “removal”.

2.17 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

A microscopy method used to identify and count asbestos fibers.

3.0 OBJECTIVES

Contracting expert IH services is driven by the goal to provide a safe, healthy, and fully productive office and work environment at HQ. Our objectives are to ensure ongoing projects and routine daily operations within the building are managed effectively and inflict no harm on building occupants, and to maintain independent verification of safe conditions in the building. Through this Contract GAO will complete surveillance of indoor air and water quality at HQ by way of tests and the monitoring of levels of potential hazards. Results of the testing and monitoring will be used to directly support communications to stakeholders relating to air and drinking water quality, provide decision makers with expert analysis of conditions, and reinforce management controls over building projects and daily operations.

The Contractor shall provide licensed and Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) and Certified Safety Professionals (CSP), certified in DC Maryland or Virginia, and the necessary support to conduct the work associated with the following services.

5.1 Site Visit, Summary Report, and Documentation:

Cost for visiting site with necessary qualified personnel to do any quantity of the following sampling and testing, lab analysis, a summary report with conclusions and recommendations, and chain of custody record.

· Provide pricing per report.

5.2 Emergency Site Visit, Summary Report, and Documentation:

Cost for visiting site within four (4) hours of notification with necessary qualified personnel to do any quantity of the following sampling and testing, lab analysis, a summary report with conclusions and recommendations, and chain of custody record.

· Provide pricing per report.

5.3 Air/Volatile organic compounds:

Testing for VOCs in the air shall be done through use of direct read instrumentation and should be provided in measurements of PPM. Comparison to outside sample as a control is necessary.

· Provide pricing per daily cost for the direct reading instrument.

5.4 Air/Dust:

This test is for the measurement of Nuisance Particulates, which should be measured in such a way that they can be compared to the ASHRAE thresholds for office environments (not industrial environments). Particle characterization is not required. Testing can be done through direct read particle and aerosol instrumentation. Comparison to outside sample as a control is necessary.

· Provide pricing per sampling location.

5.5 Air/Spore Trap:

This test is for the measurement and Identification of spores. Spores are to be identified and a count provided for each type of spore detected. For each area sampled calculate the total concentration of spores/m3. Measurements should be done in such a way as to be compared to ASHRAE Standards 62.1-2004, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, and 55‐2004, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy. The spore trap sampling should employ the use of a Pump and a cassette designed to collect airborne spores. Each sample should collect a minimum volume of 75 liters of air. Comparison to outside sample as a control is necessary.

· Provide pricing per sampling location.

5.6 Water/Lead:

This test is to measure lead in our water against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR), and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR) for drinking water contaminants.

· Provide pricing per sampling location.

5.7 Water/Bacterial:

Test our potable water for the bacteria listed On EPA's microbial contaminants priority list. Provide results in comparison to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR), and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR) for drinking water contaminants. The sampling and testing should include traditional culture method of viable agar plate colony counting.

· Provide pricing per sampling location.

5.8 Potable Water/Legionella:

Use CDC Culturable Method M210 Level 1 for proactive monitoring.

· Price for 1 Liter first and second draw potable water samples and testing; per sample location

5.9 Potable Water (Ice)/Legionella:

Use CDC Culturable Method M210 Level 1 for proactive monitoring.

· Price for 1 Liter equivalent of ice sample and testing; per sample location

5.10 Non-Potable Water/Legionella:

Use CDC Culturable Method M210 Level 1 for proactive monitoring.

· Price for first and second draw 250 mL non-potable water samples and testing; per sample location

5.11 Surface/Fungal:

Use swab collection method. The sampling and testing should include traditional culture method of viable agar plate colony and speciation count.

· Provide pricing per sampling location.

5.12 Material/Lead – In Situ:

Use a XRF field spectrometer for in situ analysis of samples.

· Provide pricing for daily use of XRF field spectrometer.

5.13 Material/Lead – Laboratory:

Bulk samples collected and analyzed at an accredited laboratory that uses EPA methods, or equivalent recognized industry standards, as guidance.

· Provide pricing for each sample collected and analyzed.

NOTE: It is not foreseen that processes will take place at this facility that will suspend lead in the air so we are not requesting pricing for testing for that scenario.

5.14 Airborne Asbestos – TEM Method:

Use the Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) standard for airborne investigations. Work should comply with 40 CFR Part 763 and NIOSH 7402 method.

· Provide pricing for each sample collected and analyzed.

5.15 Asbestos Bulk Testing – PLM Method:

Use EPA 600/R-93/116 Method including visual estimation and point counting.

· Provide pricing for each sample collected and analyzed.

5.16 Radon Canister-90 Day test:

Use Protocols for Measuring Radon and Radon Decay Products in Schools and Large Buildings (MALB 2014)

· Provide pricing for staging, performing, collecting, and analyzing 90-day radon canister test.

5.17 CIH Professional Service Labor:

· Provide hourly cost.

5.18 CSP Professional Service Labor:

· Provide hourly cost.

5.19 EHS Technician Service Labor:

· Provide hourly cost.

5.20 Expedited Laboratory Services:

· Provide as percent increase over lab costs noted above.

5.21 Additional IH services

Additional IH services required include consulting and testing related to human health issues associated with potential hazards in the indoor environment. In addition to the services described in 5.1 through 5.20 the following work may be contracted on an hourly basis:

· Surveys, Asbestos Management and O&M Plan Controls, Abatement Design, Abatement Oversight & Monitoring, Analytical Services

· Inspections, Risk Assessments, Field Testing, Abatement Design, Abatement Oversight, Monitoring, Analytical Services

5.21.6.2 Indoor Air Quality including Microbiological Hazard Assessment

· Baseline Building Surveys,

· Contamination Prevention and Remediation Plans,

· IAQ Management Plans

5.21.6.3 Industrial Hygiene

· OSHA Exposure and EPA Environmental Monitoring

5.22 APPLICABLE STANDARDS

Measurements made from analysis of samples are to be presented in comparison to applicable standards from relevant organizations such as American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP/NELAC/TNI); relevant Federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor (DOL), other standards found within the Code of Federal Regulations; and relevant international agencies such as the World Health Organization of the United Nations.

5.23 INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION

All instrumentation used in the performance of this contract must be calibrated at the frequency required by the manufacturer and in consideration of the test to be performed. Additionally, the calibration must be properly recorded and the records and calibration of the instrumentation must also be legally defensible.

All testing and reporting done under the work of this contract is to be legally defensible and done to recognized industry standards by the Contractor and related entities whom are required to have the necessary recognized industry accreditations. The following include, but are not limited to, the minimum qualification standards required of those entities whose work represents the deliverables of this Contract: