Health & Safety Environmental Services

The Louisville Metro Government's Human Resources Department is issuing RFP #260201 for Health & Safety Environmental Services to procure comprehensive industrial hygiene, environmental site assessment, and testing services. The primary services include indoor air quality investigations, asbestos inspections and air monitoring, lead hazard assessments, microbial sampling, safety professional guidance, and related environmental testing. Laboratories must be accredited by NVLAP for bulk asbestos samples, NLLAP for lead samples, and proficient in AIHA's EMPAT program for microbial samples, with all equipment properly calibrated and verifiable upon request. Required personnel include a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and appropriately licensed asbestos and lead professionals. Vendors must submit detailed fee schedules with hourly rates for various professional titles and per-sample laboratory analysis costs at varying turnaround times. The evaluation criteria allocate 100 points across six categories: General Company Overview (10 points), Written Procedures (20 points), Conformance to Specification Requirements (20 points), Fee Schedule (20 points), Sample Bids (25 points), and Additional Qualifications (5 points). The question period runs from March 26, 2026 through April 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT, with proposals due April 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT via the Bonfire portal. All submissions must include a W-9 form signed within six months, vendor information form, LMCO Ban the Box certification, preference form, and proposed documentation covering company overview, written procedures, specification conformance, and qualifications.

Vendors must comply with Louisville Metro's Ban the Box ordinance prohibiting criminal history inquiries on initial employment applications unless legally required. The procurement includes minimum wage and local vendor preferences that may reduce proposal prices by up to 5 percent if vendors certify payment of at least $10.10 per hour to all full-time employees or meet designated local vendor requirements. Diversity spending goals require demonstration of good faith efforts to achieve minority business enterprise (MBE) participation at 15 percent, female business enterprise (FBE) at 5 percent, and historically Black business enterprise (HBE) at 0.5 percent through documented subcontractor solicitation. Vendors must provide Commercial General Liability insurance with $1,000,000 combined single limit, Professional Liability (Errors and Omissions) insurance with $1,000,000 per wrongful act and $2,000,000 aggregate, and Workers' Compensation at statutory limits. Multiple awards may be issued and ranked as primary, secondary, and lower-ranking contracts with a potential term of up to five years total under the price contract structure. No incumbent contractors or specific contract value estimates were identified in the procurement documents; prospective vendors should direct inquiries to the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission at 502-574-3631.