A. Background The mission of the Division of Public Health is to protect and enhance the health of the people of Delaware. The Division accomplishes its mission by: working together with others; addressing issues that affect the health of Delawareans; keeping track of the State’s health; promoting positive lifestyles; responding to critical health issues and disasters; promoting the availability of health services. The accomplishment of this mission will facilitate the Division in realizing its vision of creating an environment in which people in Delaware can reach their full potential for a healthy life. The Delaware Public Health Laboratory (DPHL) is seeking bids to procure laboratory air and water testing and balancing services to ensure facility operations are within industry and regulatory standard working parameters. DPHL’s intent is to award a contractor based on successful responses to this RFP to meet our technical needs for testing and balancing heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in accordance with laboratory biosafety cabinets (BSCs) and fume hoods for (biosafety level) BSL-2 and BSL-3 standards. DPHL is a dynamic, multi-faceted facility, with various levels of environments for maintain safety and quality of personnel, materials, and the public. DPHL requires technical testing and balancing service to ensure compliance with federal and state safety and quality requirements when potentially exposing the facility environment to public health diseases and contaminants during pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of testing.
