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Statement of Work – Annual Gases Supply Scope: The Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (CIHL) at the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit TWO provides analytical services in the areas of industrial hygiene for the analysis of air, toxic propriety products and performance of toxicological testing to evaluate worker exposure to hazardous materials. CIHL analyzes over 18,000 samples annually for different analytics using a variety of instrumentation such Ion Chromatography, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-Graphite Furnace, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, and Gas Chromatography that utilize the noted goods. The lack of any of these goods will create a work stoppage producing a backlog and increased turn-around-times for the customers.

Purpose: To ensure required goods are available and delivered by the contractor in a timely manner, in better than good condition cylinders and dewars, and high quality rating as specified by amount and timeline of deliveries below.

Requirements: The requirements are to provide the products as specified below in a timely manner, as specified by each type, in better than good cylinders and dewars when applicable, and high quality rating of each good. The cylinders and dewars will be on a lease program that will be paid for at the start of the contract for the first full year.

1. Routine goods as stated above, shall be received/delivered within a forty-eight hours. Emergency requests will be received within 24 hours.

1. Notification to contractor will be performed via telephone or email for routine and emergency needs/requirements of goods.

1. Emergency or unexpected needs of goods will be notified to contractor via email and response shall be within a twenty-four (24) hour period.

1. Inoperable, and unfilled cylinders and dewars will be rectified or replaced immediately within the same day or by the next business day before noon.

1. All goods shall be of high quality or ultra-high purity standard as identified in the table above. Any impure, contaminated, and dirty cylinder and Dewar must be rectified or replaced immediately within the same day or by the next business day before noon.

1. CIHL shall be notified of deliveries in a timely manner via telephone/email. All goods shall be delivered during regular working hours of 0700 to 1600 for which time a CIHL personnel shall be available for all deliveries. No deliveries of goods shall be done outside regular working hours and without the presence of CIHL personnel.

1. The contractor shall make the necessary arrangements to enter the facility independently. CIHL personnel will not escort the contractor to deliver goods.

Contract Length: The contract agreement will be for a period of one full year (12 months) and four (4) subsequent option years from the designated start date. The period of performance listed below is tentative:

Contractor Responsibilities: The contractor shall be responsible for the scheduling of cylinders pickup and delivery, optimum conditions of all cylinders and dewars used to provide goods and the scheduling of good deliveries to accommodate CIHL needs. The contractor may provide as needed required accessories at current market cost which shall be billed to a separate CLIN.

The following goods shall be provided at the following location in the Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit TWO, 1285 West D St BLDG U 238, Norfolk VA 23511.

Point of Contact: Dr. Kimberly Terneus-Fischer, Phone No. 757-953-6562