Question and Answer.docx

Solicitation 36C24222Q0363 Hudson Valley Dental Clinic Water Sampling Question & Answer

1. Question: Can you please clarify whether the 60 samples at each location include any provision for resamples in the event of a positive return?

Answer: In the event a resample is necessary and the vendor has not sampled up to the 60 samples listed in the SOW, the vendor can mail a test kit to the VA and VA staff will collect the sample and mail the sample back to the vendor or the laboratory. In order to save the vendor a second trip to the facility.

2. Question: Will we be able to perform all of the sampling at each location in one day or each location will require more than one visit to pull the 60 samples?

Answer: Previously this has been accomplished in one day to the best of my knowledge. However, that is dependent on how quickly they work.

3. Question: Our NYS certified lab told us they do not run the 9215 method for samples. They run a simplate method that is ELAP certified from New York State DOH. Will that method be okay to use, or is 9215 the only method accepted?

Answer: If the SOW states that specific test method, then that is the test that the VA requires.