Analysis of Wastewater and Sludge/Biosolids for Chemical Substances

Environment Canada is seeking high quality chemical analysis of a number of substances in raw influent, final effluent, raw sludge and treated biosolids from selected wastewater treatment plants across Canada as part of a monitoring program on the occurrence and fate of chemical substances in municipal wastewater. Services will be required for a period of two years, with three optional periods of one year each. Services will be delivered to Burlington, Ontario. The requirement is subject to a preference for Canadian goods and/or services. This procurement consists of Quality Control, Testing, Inspection and Technical Representative Services which are excluded from the application of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as per Annex 1001.1b-2, Class H and is not listed under the World Trade Organization – Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP). The procurement is subject to the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). There is no security associated with this requirement. The maximum funding available for the initial period of the Contract resulting from the bid solicitation is $800,000.00 (Applicable Taxes extra). This disclosure does not commit Canada to pay the maximum funding available. M-1 The Bidder must provide evidentiary documentation as proof of valid accreditation to ISO 17025, at time of bid closing for the laboratory that will perform the work. This standard contains the requirements that testing and calibration laboratories must demonstrate that they operate a management system, are technically competent, and are able to generate technically valid results. This standard does not specify chemical parameters. M-2 The Bidder must provide the analytical methods for all compounds listed in Tables 1 to 10 above for both the water and solids matrices, including:

sample holding times and storage conditions; preparation, extraction and cleanup procedures; instrument specifications; ions used for identification; quantification references; criteria for peak identification; procedure for analyte quantification; description of the detection limit employed; description of the QA/QC system; and, QA/QC criteria (blank levels and acceptable recovery ranges).