Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Sheet Field Deployment and Analytical Support, Bradford Island, Oregon

This is a non-personal services contract to provide Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Sheet Field Deployment and Analytical Support for the Bradford Island Project at Bonneville Lock and Dam in Cascade Locks, Oregon.

The services to be performed by the contractor are described in the following four tasks:
1. Support to USACE in completion of the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP);
2. Preparation and supply of the protective envelopes and LDPE sheets coated with the appropriate performance reference compounds (PRCs) for the project and field support for LDPE field deployment and retrieval at the Bradford Island site;
3. Extraction and laboratory analysis of recovered LDPE sheets and calculation of equilibrium porewater concentrations using PRCs. Laboratory analysis will include PCBs following EPA Method 1668C using a triple-quadruple gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS); and,
4. Report equilibrium concentrations of the target analytes based on LDPE analysis and PRC performance correction.

. Awarded Vendors: Texas Tech University. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $76,842. Contract Award Date: 2019-09-13.