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RFP 25-81029

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

ATTACHMENT F

Instructions: Please supply all requested information in the areas shaded yellow and indicate any attachments that have been included to support your responses. Please list all attachments in Summary of Attachments, Attachment K.

1. Please state your ability and desire to perform the work as described in this RFP.

2. Detail any subcontractors proposed and describe their responsibilities and qualifications.

3. List the key personnel that will be doing the work and describe their experience and qualifications performing the proposed test methods. How will you ensure that all personnel working on this contract will meet the minimum requirements for the respective procedure as listed in the Technical Requirements?

4. Please provide your Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Program capable of demonstrating that data has a specified degree of reliability. You must be able to validate each method used and each analysis performed by that method using the QA/QC Program. Contractor’s agent(s) at each location must submit separate QA/QC documentation.

5. What is your plan and capability of supplying IDEM/OWQ with an analytical report, in both written and electronic formats and in accordance with the specifications outlined in the Technical Specifications – Reporting (Attachment H5), for each analysis conducted? When explanations of reports are necessary, they will be provided by the Contractor’s personnel.

6. Provide a facilities diagram, description, and instrumentation information that is up-to-date, and suitable for the test methods proposed. Include a detailed, descriptive list of the major instrumentation that will be used to perform contract work.

7. What is your plan to participate in a PT sample program (formerly known as a Performance Evaluation (PE) sample program) that incorporates all contract analytes available from commercial PT sample providers? Each of your locations performing work must submit separate PT sample studies. In the event a contract is awarded, results of all PT studies participated in during the contract period must be reported to IDEM/OWQ.

8. You must submit the previous two (2) years’ PT results for the PT sample program, and for PT programs equivalent to EPA’s former Water Pollution (WP), and Water Supply (WS) round robin. If you are participating in the USEPA’s Quarterly Blind Sample Evaluations, these results must be submitted. Include any standard reference material evaluation results for the appropriate biological tissue or sediment matrix.

9. Please supply MDL studies for each analyte in a Bid Group that the Respondent is bidding. The MDL studies must have been performed within the previous year and in accordance with the Technical Specifications - Methods and Analytical Parameters, Part B (Attachment H4).

10. Please detail your laboratory capacity. Samples for this laboratory service will be submitted to you on a seasonal basis, primarily in the autumn and early winter months. You must be able to meet a minimum quantity requirement of 200 samples per year during those months of the year as a general rule with an expected standard turnaround timeframe of 90 days for an analysis set.

11. Please provide your normal hours of delivery. How will you ensure services will be available at all reasonable hours? How will arrangements for after-hour deliveries be managed? You should list any special conditions for samples and/or sample types delivered on a Friday; otherwise sample delivery and analysis will be treated as any normal weekday.

12. Please explain how you will maintain all documentation and data for the use of IDEM/OWQ for five (5) years after the expiration date of this Contract.

13. Please explain your capabilities and/or arrangements to provide sample containers including appropriate sediment sample jars for analysis tasks selected, heavy duty 18-inch and 24-inch wide roles of aluminum foil for wrapping prepared tissue samples, plastic bags, zip-lock bags of quart gallon and 2-gallon sizes, bubble wrap to protect sediment jars during transport, shipping containers, 48-60 quart coolers, dry ice and other coolants to preserve samples at appropriate storage temperatures after collection and during shipments, overnight shipping arrangements, etc., at your expense, for the collection, preparation and proper storage of samples, and their transportation from IDEM to the your laboratory facility.

RFP 25-81029

Attachment F Technical Proposal