ITB_WRS260771_Environmental_Water_Testing_LeewardPerry__Exhibit_C__Appendix_A.pdf

This document is an exhibit from an Invitation to Bid (ITB #WRS/260771) issued by the City of Ocala, Florida for Environmental Water Testing services related to the Leeward Air Ranch/Perry Spray Field Agreement. The project requires vendors to perform analytical testing on wastewater and drinking water samples collected from multiple monitoring wells and spray field locations across the City of Ocala's service area. The scope of work encompasses quarterly grab samples for Trihalomethanes (THM), Nitrogen (NO2/NO3), and field data parameters including pH, Temperature, Specific Conductance, Dissolved Oxygen, and Turbidity. Testing will be conducted at ten designated sampling locations including four monitoring wells (CW4D, CW5D, CW6D, CW7D), five spray field sites (Miller, Devellegas, Tellechia, Sebexen, Albert's, Dash North), one Water Reclamation Facility (WRF #2), and equipment blanks. The contract term is three years with two optional one-year renewal periods. Standard working hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Bidding laboratories must be certified under the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) by the Florida Department of Health and comply with National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) standards. Vendors must demonstrate a minimum of five years' experience in providing wastewater and drinking water testing services and submit current certifications for the requested analytes with their bids. The City of Ocala's Compliance Monitoring Division will oversee contract administration and performance on behalf of the Water Reclamation Facility operations.