NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
D. Specifications
This contract between DEP and the monitoring contractor shall be in force for 24 consecutive months fiom
the commencement date. The monitoring contractor must be prepared to mobilize within 72 hours ofthe
contract award. Cleaning activities shall be scheduled for 20 residences per day. Air sampling shall be
scheduled and completed within 24 hours of successful visual inspection by the proj ect monitor. Air
sampling shall also be provided at an additional 10 to 20 residences per day where cleaning activities are
not scheduled (i.e., where residents have requested sampling only). Work shall be scheduled 7 days per
week between the hoursof8 am andbpm.Asufficientnumberofproperlytrained and certified personnel
shall be available for project monitoring and sampling.
The Monitoring Contractor shall have available sufficient quantities ofsampling equipment to provide the
amount and type ofsamples required for this proj ect. At a minimum the following equipment is required:
air-sampling pumps with maximum flow rate capacities of 15 liters per minute, tripods, rotometers, sample
cassettes with mixed cellulose ester filters having pore size of 0.8 micron.
The Monitoring Contractor shall attend the pre-bid meeting and project kick offmeetingprior to the start
ofwork. The agenda for the kick offmeeting shall include scope ofwork, sampling logistics and resource
requirements and procedures for data acquisition and submittal. The monitoring contractor will
demonstrate data acquisition procedures and software to be employed for this project. In addition, the
Monitor Contractor shall attend meetings or conference calls with EPA to coordinate field activities, as
requested.
The Monitoring Contractor shall adopt and follow the Quality Assurance Project Plan prepared by EPA
for all environmental data collection activities performed under this contact. All appropriate data, original
field forms/data sheets, and chain-of-custody forms shall be collected and completed in accordance with
the instructions contained in the contract and provided to EP A. This information shall be provided via
FormsII Lite (F2L) or an alternative electronic format that is accessible by the laboratory. All clearance
air samples and copies ofnecessary documentation shall be hand delivered daily to EMSL Laboratories
at: 307 W. 38“' St., New York, New York 212-290-0051. All wipe samples and copies of necessary
documentation shall be shipped daily by courier fornext day deliveryto Paradigm Analytical Laboratories
at: 2627 Northchase Parkway SE, Wilmington NC 28405, 910-350-2839.
Copies ofall invoices for work conducted under this contract shall be provided to EPA. EPA will review
submitted invoices to confirm that the work has been completed and forward them to DEP for processing.
Decisions regarding the reimbursement of costs will be made by DEP.
Deliverables
All deliverables shall be provided via F2L or an agreed upon alternative electronic format approved by
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