6100051358 - Flyer 5.pdf

Form Revised 1/24/19_____________________________________________________________________ Bldg 0-47 | Fort Indiantown Gap | Annville, PA 17003-5002 | www.dmva.state.pa.us

Division of Procurement and Contracting

Date:

Subject:

Solicitation Number:

Opening Date/Time:

Flyer Number:

To All Suppliers:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defines a “Flyer” as an addition to or amendment of the original terms, conditions, specifications, or instructions of a procurement solicitation (e.g., Invitation for Bids or Request for

Proposals).

List any and all changes:

For solicitation responses:

• Attach this flyer to your solicitation response. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

• To attach the Flyer, download the Flyer and save to your computer. Move to “My Notes”, use the

“Browse” button to find the document you just saved and press “Add” to up load the document.

• Review the Attributes section of your solicitation response to ensure you have responded, as required, to any questions relevant to flyers issued subsequent to the initial advertisement of this bid opportunity.

Except as clarified and amended by this Flyer, the terms, conditions, specifications, and instructions of the solicitation and any previous flyers, remain as originally written.

Contractor’s Signature

-This testing will show microbial growth, or unwanted organisms. There are Chlorine Oxidizing test kits and Biocide test kits I believe show these levels.

2. Because on-site visits were canceled and both sites were covered during the prebid meetings, will you consider bids from contractors who only attended one of the two prebid conference calls to be responsive?

- In order to be responsive, attendance to both calls is mandatory.

3. 1 - Criterion is CDC ELITE Certified for the handling and testing of Legionella bacteria in water supply systems. Our lab is listed by the CDC as an ELITE testing program participant and we are accredited by the AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs (AIHA-LAP), LLC (ID 100424) EMLAP program since 2010. Our Legionella testing method follows ISO 11731:2017. Our laboratory meets the requirements of accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025/2017 international standard, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, demonstrating technical competence for a defined scope and the operations of a laboratory quality management system. Labs are usually AIHA or A2LA, and we are AIHA. Will you accept this accreditation?

-Labs should also be Accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation and provide certification number

2 – Will Legiolert be accepted as a testing method? Legiolert is its’ own method from IDEXX and is accepted by the CDC but at this time there is no ISO or EPA Method.

-Method for lab sampling to be followed ISO 11731:2017 (E).