NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
At a minimum, the background check must include:
1. Law enforcement checks (5 years)
2. Professional license and certification
D. Specifications
This contract between DEP and the monitoring contractor shall be in force for 24 consecutive
months from the commencement date. The monitoring contractor must be prepared to mobilize
within 72 hours of the 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 project 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. A sufficient number of
properly trained and certified personnel shall be available for project monitoring and sampling.
Electricity and water necessary to conduct the work required under this contract will be provided
by the owner or occupant of the work area.
The Monitoring Contractor shall have available sufficient quantities of sampling equipment to
provide the amount and type of samples required for this project. 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 mandatory pre-bid meeting and project kick off
meeting prior to the start of work. The agenda for the kick off meeting shall include scope of
work, 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
EPA. 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 of necessary
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 for next day delivery to Paradigm Analytical Laboratories at: 2627
Northchase Parkway SE, Wilmington NC 28405, 910-350-2839.
Copies of all 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 the
invoices to DEP for processing. Decisions regarding the reimbursement of costs will be made
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