A04_Water_Testing_SOW.pdf

Department of the Interior

National Park Service

Cape Cod National Seashore

99 Marconi Site Road

Wellfleet, MA 02667

Scope of Work

Laboratory Analysis of Drinking Water Samples

Contract Period: Base Year with 4 Option Years

REQUEST:

Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) operates 10 Public Water Systems and numerous employee housing units. The park collects approximately 525 drinking water samples per year. Contractor shall analyze these water samples for specified elements.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The selected contractor must be approved and certified by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and be able to provide the certification number. The contractor shall provide courier service for transporting the samples from CACO

Headquarters in Wellfleet, MA to the contractor’s lab. This CACO pickup location closes at 4:30PM so contractor must be able to meet this timeframe. Samples are collected by CACO once or twice a month in the winter and as frequently as twice a week in the summer. The contractor must be available seven days a week for processing total coliform samples and must be available for a total coliform emergency on holidays, if the need occurs. The contractor shall electronically submit the ten Public Water

System results to Massachusetts DEP on behalf of the park. Contractor shall provide all appropriate bottles, labels, and paperwork. Contractor shall contact the park’s Water

Treatment Operator via phone within 24 hours of a positive result of a bacteria test. Hard copies of invoices, payment receipts and results shall be mailed to the park by the contractor within 30 days. Failure to provide these services will result in termination of the contract.

CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE:

The park will collect all samples. The park will give the contractor a 24 hour notice for pickups with one exception; the contractor shall pick up samples with less than a 24 hour notice with no penalty fee for total coliform positive results that require repeat sampling per Massachusetts DEP.

Invoicing will be monthly with individual samples listed in one of two categories; Park

Housing or Public Water System. CACO will label each sample bottle with the appropriate category.

The final vendor selection shall be made on the lowest cumulative price for the base and all four option years.

Sample/Service and frequency:

Total Coliform bacteria 500 ea/yr

Nitrate 10 ea/yr

Sodium 5 ea/yr

Nitrite 5 ea/yr

HAA5 (Haloacetic acids) 1 ea/yr

Trihalomethanes 1 ea/yr

Perchlorate 1 ea/yr

Lead & Copper 10 ea/yr

VOC’S (Volatile organics compounds 1 ea/yr

IOC’S (Inorganic Contaminants) 1 ea/yr

SOC’S (Synthetic Organic Chemicals) 1 ea/yr

Iron & Manganese 2 ea/yr

Alkalinity/Specific Conductivity/pH 4 ea/yr

Quantities are estimates only. Contractor will invoice for actual samples analyzed.