Contract correspondence for WTC air monitoring services, Nov 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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Staff from DEP’s Bureau of Environmental Compliance solicited the following suppliers by telephone:

Riverpoint Environmental Consultants Pednault Associates Independent Testing Labs Environmental Testing Labs National Testing Labs, Inc.

Of the five companies listed above, bids were received from two firms;

Riverpoint Environmental Consultants, and Pednault Associates.

Riverpoint Environmental Consultants (“REC”) submitted the lowest bid.

The not-to-exceed amount of the Contract is $400,000. REC’s bid was $1,900 per day plus $80 for each Transmission Electron Microscopy (“TEM”) sample.

The selected supplier is not on the Vendex database and has not held a prior DEP contract.

The agency has let the following two related emergency contracts:

1) Contract WTC-SCHL to provide daily emergency air sampling and monitoring at various schools in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site; and

2) Contract WTC-REM to provide emergency round-the-clock asbestos remediation, including clean-up and removal at various sites in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site.

On September 13, 2001 the Corporation Counsel and the Comptroller jointly issued a blanket approval for all emergency contracts related to the events of September 11, 2001.

Very truly yours,

Stum M. Erdfarb, P/E./

Attach: Declaration of Emergency Blanket Approval for WTC-related Emergencies

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