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Notice ID:JR01182023
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program seeks to contract with a certified laboratory with the ability to provide pesticide air quality samplin...
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program seeks to contract with a certified laboratory with the ability to provide pesticide air quality sampling in support of plant commodity import operations. The air samples shall be packaged and shipped under chain-of-custody procedures to a certified laboratory (National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP/ELAP), AIHA Laboratory Accreditation (AIHA-LAP)) to perform the following analysis: Chlorinated pesticides using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 5510; and Organophosphorous pesticides using the NIOSH Methods 5600/5601 The samples shall be analyzed by the laboratory using gas chromatography-flame photometric detector and gas chromatography, electron capture detector. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541380—Testing Labs and Services. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $16.5M. If you are a small business with the ability to perform the analytical methods named above, please submit to james.g.roloff@usda.gov your interest in this procurement and your specific ability to perform these services. Submissions are due January 31 at noon Central Time.