Exhibit B-Performance Requirements.docx

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STORMWATER TESTING SERVICES
Solicitation number
RFQQ-2024-0911
Issued by
King County, Lewis County, Mason County, Pierce County, Thurston County, Lewisville CDP, Kingston CDP, Fort Lewis CDP, North Fort Lewis CDP, Washington

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This document is an Exhibit B - Performance Requirements for a competitive solicitation (No. RFQQ 2024 0911) issued by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for Stormwater Testing Services. The solicitation is seeking a primary laboratory that can perform required analytical methods, meet reporting limit targets, and adhere to holding times for NPDES stormwater monitoring, water quality assessment, research, and project support purposes. The primary laboratory must be accredited by the Washington State Department of Ecology Laboratory Accreditation Program and the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP). The laboratory must be able to perform most analyses in-house and subcontract any that cannot be performed internally. The solicitation also requires the primary laboratory to manage subcontracted laboratories, provide timely reporting and electronic data deliverables, and offer equipment cleaning services.

The contract will be awarded to the responsive and responsible bidder that meets the minimum requirements and scores the highest on the evaluation factors, which include technical qualifications, primary laboratory proposal, and logistics. Pricing terms, set asides, or funding details are not provided in this document. The contract term is not specified.

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EXHIBIT B – PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Competitive Solicitation:
No. RFQQ 2024 0911
Bidder:
_________________________________

Type/print full legal name of bidder company

Instructions:

Bidders submitting a proposal must complete and submit an Exhibit B for evaluation purposes.

Performance Requirements: Bidder must respond to each requirement as noted in the instructions below. Please review Exhibit G- Scope of Work prior to completing this Exhibit.

1. Review all requirements, priorities and provided definitions:

· Mandatory Pass/Fail (M): Minimum requirement; Bidder that does not meet this requirement will not be considered any further.

· Mandatory Scored (MS): Critical requirement; evaluators will score based on the degree to which Bidder's response meets the requirement.

1. Using the Bidder Meets Requirement column, Bidder must select either a "Yes" or "No" to indicate the Bidder's ability to meet the requirement. Any entry that is not either a "Yes" or "No", may be deemed non-responsive and will not be considered any further. If there is a partial ability to meet the requirement, please select “No” and indicate in the written response section how you cannot meet the requirement fully.

1. Bidder must respond in the Written Response column for every requirement that indicates a "Written Response Required”. If additional space is necessary than what is provided, please attach all written responses in order by REQ ID and compile into one document named Exhibit B- Performance Requirements Response, with this document as the preceding pages. If additional writing space is utilized, indicate in the response column below which page that the response is indicated. Written responses must not reference any material present elsewhere in the RFQQ. The written response shall be considered complete and stand on its own merits or may be deemed non-responsive.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND FACTORS

REQ ID
Performance Requirement and

Stated Business Need

Points Available
Priority
Bidder’s Compliance
Written Response
1.
Technical Qualifications
1.1
Bidder must be accredited by the Washington State Department of Ecology Laboratory Accreditation Program. Please provide your accreditation number.
Pass/Fail
M
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.2
Bidder must be accredited by the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP). Please provide your accreditation number.
Pass/Fail
M
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.3
Description of ability to meet WSDOT’s permit-required analytical methods:
-Identify method(s) to be used. Please indicate the laboratory’s preferred method. Alternative methods to the list provided in Table A-2 must be requested during the question-and-answer period; listed for use in 40CFR136 for stormwater samples; and be able to meet reporting limit targets for inclusion in your proposal.
5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.4
Description of ability to meet WSDOT’s permit-required analytical methods:
-Identify all analyses (found in Exhibit G- Scope of Work) to be performed at your laboratory vs. subcontracted laboratories. WSDOT prefers that the primary laboratory be able to perform most of the analyses in-house and subcontract those that cannot be performed in-house. Network laboratories, under the same company as the primary laboratory, are considered subcontracted laboratories. If any proposed methods or analyses are not accredited (i.e., not included in accreditation program) by the Washington State Department of Ecology, identify and provide justification, where applicable.
5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.5
Description of ability to meet WSDOT’s permit-specified reporting limit targets:
-Identify instances where specified reporting limits listed in Table A-2 within Exhibit G – Scope of Work, cannot be achieved.
5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.6
Description of ability to meet WSDOT’s holding times:
-Identify instances where specified holding times in Tables A-1 within Exhibit G- Scope of Work cannot be met.
5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

1.7
Describe the turnaround time for submitting lab reports and EDDs for a 2B level validation package
15 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No

Written Response Required.

2.
Primary Laboratory Proposal
2.1
Describe your laboratory’s approach to being a primary laboratory that manages subcontracted laboratories and is responsible for final reporting. To include the following:

1. Business days and regular hours of operation of primary and subcontracted laboratories.

2. Description of sample receipt procedures.

3. Description of communication about issues related to the sample condition (e.g., partially filled sample bottle) and analysis (e.g., LCS out of control limits and sample was affected). Include both the primary laboratory and subcontracted laboratories’ procedures.

4. Describe your staff retention. In particular, describe how long the project manager, sample receipt staff, and sample courier WSDOT will be working with have been with your laboratory in number of years.

5. WSDOT requires reports and EDDs to contain all the data for a given SDG. Describe how you will handle incorporation of reports and EDDs from Subcontractors into the primary laboratory’s report and EDD.

6. Description of equipment-cleaning service to include:

· Previous experience cleaning sampling equipment for clients;

· Delivery and pick-up of equipment (may reference logistics section of your proposal, i.e.. see Section 6.2.3); and

· Capacity for cleaning small (e.g., 3 x 2.5-gallon jars and 6 pieces of tubing) and large (e.g., 30 x 2.5-gallon jars and 60 pieces of tubing) batches of equipment.

15 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

3.
Logistics
3.1
Describe your laboratory’s location and logistical considerations such as courier service, FedEx, acquisition of sample bottles/disposable filters, drop-off/pick-up of equipment, communication with field staff, adaptability to changing notifications, etc.
5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

3.2
Sample/Equipment Delivery

WSDOT prefers the option to drop-off all collected samples in a location near major State Routes. Describe your laboratory’s ability to use:

•A drop-off location at a WSDOT facility, location to be determined after Contract award, near a major State Route near Tumwater, WA; or
•A laboratory- or Vendor-maintained drop-off location near a major State Route near Tumwater, WA. Must be able to drop-off samples after hours.

Other proposals will be considered; however, Vendors are encouraged to subcontract with other laboratories or courier services to provide this service if they cannot provide it in-house.

5 Points
MS
☐ Yes

☐ No Written Response Required.

Return this exhibit to Procurement Coordinator at:

acoacquisitionsubmittal@wsdot.wa.gov

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