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D. Specifications
This contract between DEP and the monitoring contractor shall be in force for 24 consecutive
months fi-om 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 between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm. A sufficient
number of properly trained and certified personnel shall be available for project monitoring and
sampling.
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 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 eavironmental 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 Paradi]Sui 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 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 EPA and DEP. The Project Monitor shall also maintain a copy of each deliverable and all field
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