A23_PWS.pdf

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Industrial Hygiene (IH) Industrial Air Quality (IAQ) Testing DFAS-CL

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1.0 Introduction: Industrial Hygiene (IH) is a critical part of a safe and productive workforce.

Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) allergens/emissions, condensates, bio-aerosols, pest allergens, and Mineral/Metallic/Chemical dusts can result in serious health problems DFAS is looking for a consultant to perform Industrial Air Quality Testing (IAQ) at three sites in Cleveland, OH. We are looking for someone that can assist us in testing and remaining in compliance with regulations developed by OSHA, State of Ohio, AHERA, HUD Protocols and EPA.

1.1 DFAS wants a consultant professional that specializes with governments, schools, buildings, and their occupants, and systems: Asbestos(ACM)/Lead(LBP), Indoor Air Quality, Exposure

Assessment, Risk Assessment, Airborne Particles, Bio Safety/Bio Terrorism, and General

Industrial Health.

1.2 The contractor for service will specialize and certified with: Certified Hazardous Materials, Certified Environmental Trainer, Asbestos Project Manager, Asbestos Inspector, Lead Paint

Risk Assessor, Asbestos Supervisory Experience, and Environmental Site Assessments

(ESA’s).

2.0 Scope of Work: The Contractor shall conduct: Visual Inspection, Initial Air Quality Evaluation, Microbial Air Sampling, Airborne Ambient Dust, Airborne Fibers Sampling, Lead Dust Sampling, Decibel Testing, and other services as specified in the contract.

3.0 General Requirements:

Accreditation(s) - List:

o Accredited Laboratory, EMSL Analytics Location-Great Lakes Location: Attach

Letter of Designation, # o NLLAP – National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program – Attach Ohio

Department of Health letter of Designation, Laboratory Approval Number, Approval Expiration Date o State of Ohio Certification #, and Expiration Date:

o Member of AIHA.Org - American Industrial Hygiene Association: Date, Member# o Member of IOHA – International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA), Date, Member#

List Type of Analytical Methods Used, or Alternative: NMAM, OSHA, MSHA, EPA, HUD, AHERA, ASTM, ISO, Other

List Methodology/Protocols/Sampling Strategy for Collection/Analysis:

List Type of Dustiness Index Used: Gravity dispersion, Mechanical dispersion and/or

Gas dispersion.

Deliverable - EPA Report Method #(s):

o Air Quality – Compressed Breathing Air – CSA Z180.1-M85; EPA Method

600/R-93/200(M)-7421 o EPA Asbestos – EPA/600/R-93/116

3.1 Security & Background Verification – Only personnel who are cleared for access by the

DFAS Force Protection Office may be used in performance of the work.

3.2 Contractor Responsibility - The Contractor shall supply all labor, material, expertise, and laboratory analysis necessary to conduct the Visual Inspection, Initial Air Quality Evaluation, Microbial Air Sampling, Airborne Ambient Dust, Airborne Fibers Sampling, Lead Dust

Sampling, Decibel Testing, Water/Soil Sampling and other services as specified in the

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3.3 Collaboration with NIOSH – National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health for Best

Practices.

a. Delivery of Results within ten (10) working days after receipt of analytical results from the laboratory consultant/accredited laboratory; may include paint chip analysis. Out of

Specification (OOS) will notify DFAS, as soon as prudently possible, verbally of potential findings:

b. Min/Max on Measured Samples; Limit/Range; Reference of Standard (ISO, AHERA, EPA, ASTM Standards, etc.) and industry guidelines.

c. Clean Air Act –National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) testing results to also include:

CO2 – Carbon Monoxide

PM – Particulate Matter Pollution

Pb – Lead

NO2 – Nitrogen Dioxide

O3 – Ozone

SO2 – Sulfur Dioxide

3.4 Exclude costs associated with travel; travel costs borne by Contractor.

3.5 Location of work to be performed:

a. Site 1 –DFAS Cleveland - Anthony J. Celebreeze (AJC) Federal

Building, 1240 E. Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44199 – Multiple

Floors

b. Site 2 – DFAS Cleveland - Isaac I. Campbell (Bratenahl) Building

10, 1st & 2nd Floors – 555 East 88th, Bratenahl, OH 44108

c. Site 3 – DFAS H5 Warehouse (CTH-TREX) – 2nd floor – 1625

Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114

3.6 Testing for these parameters will be performed according to Appendix A (Attached Separately);

including specific tests, and time frames for various floors and outside of the building for comparison.

3.7 Accreditation and Testing Labs:

d. Wipe Samples will be collected by a State of Ohio, Department of Health, licensed Lead

Risk Assessor or Inspector and will be analyzed by a National Lead Laboratory

Accreditation Program Vendor (NLLAP) located in the Great Lakes Region and licensed by the State of Ohio.

e. Air Samples will be collected following standard industrial hygiene protocols to provide documentation regarding ambient lead in air levels and will be analyzed by an accredited laboratory following the EPA Method 600/R-93/200(M)-7421

3.8 Security & Background Verification – Only personnel who are cleared for access by the DFAS

Force Protection Office may be used in performance of the work.

4.0 Technical Specifications:

4.1 Overall Review of: Dust Particles, Odor, Mold, Silica, Asbestos, including - Initial IAQ

Review/Investigation

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4.2 The initial review of IAQ concerns is broad in scope and aimed at identifying the most likely contributors (e.g., sources of air contaminants, building conditions and/or occupant activities, and pathways of exposure).

4.3 The goal of the initial review is to develop information to provide a focus for the investigation:

4.3.1 VOC – Volatile Organic Compounds: Allergens/emissions, Condensates, Bio-

Aerosols

4.3.2 Dusts types: Mineral Dusts (i.e. cement dust); Metallic Dusts (i.e. lead), Chemical

Dusts (Carpet, Adhesives, etc.)

4.3.3 Adhere to ESA and ASTM Standards

4.4 Walk-through Survey - Visual Inspection: A visual inspection is conducted to identify building-related conditions that are generally recognized as being associated with IAQ problems.

Inspection is performed in representative areas; observations are made of odors and an inspection of the immediate area outside the building to identify potential outdoor sources of air contaminants.

4.5 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring & Methodology - Initial Air Quality Evaluation

4.5.1 Measurements of general IAQ indicator parameters will be performed to aid in evaluating general conditions (including comfort) and potential air contaminant sources which include: temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide. These measurements will be taken with direct reading electronic instruments and/or colorimetric gas detection tubes.

4.5.2 The IAQ assessment follows generally accepted practices, protocols, and methods such as those published by the National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH), the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Industrial Hygiene

Association (AIHA), and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial

Hygienists (ACGIH), including:

Humidity

Wet Bulb Temperature

Dry Bulb Temperature

AH - Absolute Humidity

RH – Relative Humidity

Humidity Ratio

4.6 Airflow - Velocity, Volume, and Ventilation Air - Microbial Air Sampling:

4.6.1 Microbial (Fungal) Air Sampling - Consultant will obtain sampling media and equipment for the fungal air sampling. Total number of samples will be specified by

Client to include (1) lab blank to ensure that the media was not contaminated at the site or during transport. Sampling for airborne fungal spores will be performed using Allergenco-D 37 millimeter cassettes and a high volume air-sampling pump with variable flow adjuster. The air-sampling pump will be calibrated prior to and following the air sampling with a rotameter to 15.0 liters per minute. Each sample will be collected for six minutes to obtain a limit of detection of 11 spores per cubic meter of air (spores/m3). For analysis, the slides will be stained and analyzed by light microscopy in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions. Particle identification is performed in accordance with information provided in standard reference manuals. The air samples will be analyzed to measure total concentration of fungal spores/m3 and to identify the different species and their concentrations.

4.6.2 Sampling capabilities include: Air, Bulk, Wipe and Tape.

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4.6.3 Final Visual and Post Remediation Sampling Prior to Re-occupancy for floors undergoing rehab.

4.7 Airflow - Velocity, Volume, and Ventilation Air - Airborne Ambient Particulate Dust

4.7.1 Consultant will obtain testing equipment required for the ambient air sample particulate sampling. Measurements of airborne particulate will be performed to aid in evaluating general conditions and potential air contaminant sources. These measurements will be taken with a direct reading electronic instrument. The particulate quantification will be performed with a PortaCount. The TSI PortaCount is an ambient particle counting device which measures very small particulate. The

50% cut-off for small particles is 0.02 micrometers. This means that half of the 0.02 particles are counted and half are not. As soon as the particle size reaches about

0.04, almost 100% are counted up until a particle size of 1.0. Few particles larger than 1.0 are counted by the instrument because they impact and stick inside the switching valve or some other component. Statistically speaking, there are very few particles above 0.1 in normal ambient air. The percentage of particles counted is called “counting efficiency”.

4.7.2 Testing sites will be established throughout the space. Assessment of the results will be based on the recommended guidelines established by professional organizations.

Total number of test areas will be established by Client, and are in Appendix A for quotation, including:

% of Outside Air

Outdoor Ambient

Air

Airborne Fiber Sampling

Ambient Particulate Testing – 6

Sizes

4.8 Airflow - Velocity, Volume, and Ventilation Air - Asbestos /Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)’s

– Airborne Fibers Sampling: Air samples, including lab blanks, will be collected as established by Client. Air samples will be collected by sampling equipment calibrated against an intermediate source. High-volume sampling pumps will be used. Consultant will perform Phase-

Contrast Microscopy (PCM) analysis of air samples collected at the site and have the analysis performed using the National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health 582 program or equivalent, “Airborne Asbestos Sampling and Evaluation Techniques”. PCM Analysis available to be performed On-site.

4.9 Airflow - Velocity, Volume, and Ventilation Air - Lead (Pb) – Lead Dust Sampling - Dust wipe sampling will be conducted to measure the amount of lead dust located on tops of horizontal surfaces to include; tops of file cabinets and floors. Testing will be performed in locations as established by Client. Collections of samples to be performed utilizing “Ghost Wipes”, manufactured by Environmental Express (or equivalent). Side to side passes are to be made of the entire measured surface of designated location. The wipe is to then be folded inward and the surface to be wiped in the same manner in a perpendicular direction. The wipe should then be placed into a two-ounce sterile “Whirl-Pak” or equivalent, sealable bag and given a unique identification number.

4.9.1 The dust wipes are to be analyzed by National Institute of Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH), Method 7082.

4.9.2 Lead Paint inspections by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analyzer

4.9.3 Lead Risk Assessment in Accordance with HUD protocols