SOW PLFA WASHI.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

Project: PLFA measurements for WASHI Soil Samples

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.0 Scope of Work: Sample preparation and phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) of 320 soil samples following the requirements of the Washington State Soil Health Initiative.

2.0 Background: This vendor must be an approved vendor for conducting soil phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) for samples collected from the Washington State Soil Health Initiative research vineyard. For data comparison purposes, all samples collected from the Washington State Soil Health Initiative research vineyard and other sites in the Washington State Soil Health Initiative research site network are analyzed by a common laboratory; for PLFA data this is the Soil Health Assessment Center at the University of Missouri. An email from the project coordinator of the Washington Soil Health Initiative stating the need for the PLFA testing to be done at the Soil Health Assessment Center at the University of Missouri is included.

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

3.0 Technical Requirements/Tasks: Sample preparation and phospholipid fatty acid analysis of 320 soil samples following the requirements of the Washington State Soil Health Initiative.

4.0 Government Furnished: Government will furnish samples.

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule: Sample analysis will be completed by end of FY 2025 o Sample Text - Tasks and Associated Deliverables: The contractor will provide PLFA data for 320 soil samples by end of FY 2025 (September 30th).

6.0 Travel: NA

7.0 Contractor’s Key Personnel; NA

8.0 Security Requirements: NA

9.0 Data Rights: data will be shared with USDA-ARS and Washington State University

Researchers.

10.0 Section 508 – Electronic and Information Technology Standards: -

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