Field Support for Air Monitoring at Point Petre, Ontario

1. Title: Field Support for Air Monitoring at Point Petre, Ontario

2. Background

The Air Quality Processes Research Section of Environment and Climate Change Canada undertakes the monitoring of pollutants in air and precipitation at the Great Lakes Monitoring site of Point Petre, Ontario under ECCC’s Chemicals Management Plan. This project also supports the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. It also contributes to the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) and is a comparison site used to compare with the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) grantee. The objective of this Contract is to assist Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Air Quality Processes Research Section in the field support for the operation of the monitoring site at Point Petre, herein referred to as the Site for pollutants (including persistent organochlorines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, flame retardants, Polychlorinated biphenyls, metals, and other emerging chemicals of concern) in accordance with the Statement of Work detailed herein.

This project has been operating at the Site since 1989. The Contractor must ensure consistency in the operation and the resulting dataset to maintain the long-term time trends of target contaminants at the Site.

3. Terminology:

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Great Lakes Basin (GLB)

Polyfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Polyurethane foam (PUF)

Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

4. Scope of Work

The Contractor must conduct monitoring sampling and maintain the Site in support of the GLB monitoring program and the IADN. This includes maintenance and upkeep of the site as well as the operation and general maintenance of air quality instrumentation.

The Contractor must:

1. Collect samples from one organics PUF hi-vol sampler, one organics XAD (a polymeric sorbent) hi-vol sampler, one PM10 hi-vol sampler plus it’s back-up, and four (4) precipitation samplers, as per Attachment 1 and SOP’s;
2. Track and document all sampling media received, field information, meteorological conditions, and sampling conditions for samples collected;
3. Prepare and ship samples to the analysis laboratories, as well as receiving sampling media;
4. Communicate with the Technical Authority regarding sampling conditions, maintenance issues, equipment functionality, security issues, and any other conditions that pertain to the operation of the Site and the program. The Contractor must be available for an audit by the Technical Authority one time per year. Communication will be carried out by face to face meetings and by telephone and emails as required;
5. Calibrate the high-volume samplers twice per year;
6. Provide general maintenance and small repairs of sampling equipment; and
7. Provide maintenance of the property.