CN-370000-LA026-A6.pdf

This is Amendment No. 6 to DEP Contract No. LAB026, a services contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Columbia Analytical Services, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas. The contract was originally executed on October 30, 2006, and has been amended multiple times, with this amendment dated October 29, 2012. The contract manager is Kate Brackett, and the primary contact for the contractor is Nicole Brown. The amendment was processed through the DEP's Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration.

The contract provides laboratory support services for the Dioxins/Furan Group, with analysis pricing set at $571.00 per test for both Clean Water Act methods (EPA 1613) and RCRA methods (EPA 8290) for non-potable water samples. This amendment reduced the contract's funding increment from $108,311 to $98,311, a decrease of $10,000, and exercised the second renewal option, extending the contract completion date from October 29, 2012 to October 29, 2013. The amendment replaced the original rate schedule (Attachment C) with a revised rate schedule (Attachment C-1). The contractor must maintain NELAP accreditation for all analytical methods and comply with EPA approval requirements for any non-standard or alternative test procedures.