Environmental Laboratory Testing, Reporting and Compliance Support Services

The City of Frederick, Maryland, is seeking a vendor to provide environmental laboratory testing, reporting, and compliance support services. The agency requires laboratory analysis, quality assurance/quality control, and reporting for drinking water samples. Additionally, the agency needs laboratory analysis, quality assurance/quality control, and reporting for EPA Method 1633A (December 2024), covering forty PFAS in aqueous matrices, solids, and tissue, validated via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The scope of work includes scheduled courier pickup if the agency is located within the laboratory's courier service region. The selected vendor must deliver PDF reports containing analyte codes, method identifiers, method detection limits, limits of quantitation, units in nanograms per liter or micrograms per kilogram, qualifiers, and quality control summaries. These reports must also include chain-of-custody forms, cooler receipt forms, method quality control results, non-conformance logs, data validation checklists, and holding time and temperature verification including photos of cooler temperatures on receipt. Eligible bidders must be located onshore within the United States, and the performance of the work will be onsite. The agency is offering a contract period of one year. Bidders may submit their responses digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to establish the budget. The agency will host a non-mandatory pre-bid conference on July 1, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than July 15, 2026.