Lab Services: Pesticide Air Quality Sampling

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program seeks to contract with a certified laboratory with the ability to provide pesticide air quality sampling in support of plant commodity import operations. 

The air samples shall be packaged and shipped under chain-of-custody procedures to a certified laboratory (National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP/ELAP), AIHA Laboratory Accreditation (AIHA-LAP)) to perform the following analysis:

• Chlorinated pesticides using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 5510; and
• Organophosphorous pesticides using the NIOSH Methods 5600/5601

The samples shall be analyzed by the laboratory using gas chromatography-flame photometric detector and gas chromatography, electron capture detector.

The NAICS code for this procurement is 541380—Testing Labs and Services.  The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $16.5M.  If you are a small business with the ability to perform the analytical methods named above, please submit to james.g.roloff@usda.gov your interest in this procurement and your specific ability to perform these services.  Submissions are due January 31 at noon Central Time.