Request for Information - Facility and Equipment

The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is seeking information from contractors who can provide access to facilities and equipment, such as a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and an Electron Microprobe Analyzer (EMPA), to characterize soil and other materials and identify markers for source attribution. The contractor must also provide training on sample preparation, the operation of SEM and EMPA, and the evaluation of data and interpretation of results. The work will involve allowing up to four designated and qualified DTSC employees access to facilities and equipment on mutually agreeable scheduled appointment times during business hours. The contractor must be located within a fifteen-mile radius of DTSC's Pasadena Lab and provide clean sample preparation areas, training, and equipment in good working condition. • The contractor must provide a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and an Electron Microprobe Analyzer (EMPA) in good working condition. • The contractor must provide sample preparation equipment for specified DTSC employees to use to analyze soil and other materials. • The contractor must provide training to specified DTSC employees on SEM, EMPA, and sample preparation equipment use and evaluation of data and interpretations of results. • The contractor must grant designated and qualified DTSC employees access to use their facilities to characterize soil and other materials to identify markers for source attribution.