Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Disinfection Byproducts (TTHM and HAA5) • The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab • Less than 50 VOC(TTHM) and/or HAA5 samples anticipated per year • Most of the samples will be collected and analyzed during the warmest summer months (June through September) • Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. B. Synthetic Organic Compounds • The work will replace the Delaware Public Health Lab for Pesticides. • Need primary laboratory services for all synthetic organic compounds(SOC) sampled in Delaware • About 150 SOC samples are anticipated per year • Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. • Below is list of the regulated SOC analytes and their EPA detection limit. Provide us with a list of test methods for each analyte that you are certified for that will get below the method specified detection limit. C. Radiological Compounds • Includes Gross Alpha particle radioactivity, Radium 226/228, Beta particle and photon activity, Strontium, Tritium and Uranium levels. • There may be a request for Radium 224 (no more than 5 samples) • About 50 Radium 226 and 228 samples per year • About 50 Gross Alpha samples per year • Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. D. Inorganic Compounds (Trace Metals) • The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab • Less than 50 trace metals samples anticipated per year • Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit. E. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) including MTBE • The work will supplement and/or be a backup to the Delaware Public Health Lab • Less than 50 VOC samples anticipated per year • Analyzed using EPA Safe Drinking Water Act approved method(s) and reporting below the method specified detection limit.
