LABORATORY AND REAGENT SERVICES FOR CITY WATER FACILITIES

The City of Lauderhill is seeking proposals from accredited and certified laboratories to provide laboratory and reagent services for the city's water facilities. The selected service provider will be responsible for performing laboratory services and sampling procedures on an as-needed basis. The proposal should include the provision of sampling kits, bottles for field analysis, sample collection, reagent analysis, and reporting. The service provider must comply with standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), and the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (TNI). Some key requirements for the service provider include: • Being licensed under the State of Florida for at least five years to perform the specified services • Having a minimum of five years of experience in providing laboratory services to the water industry • Submitting at least five contracts as references, including three current references from Florida water utilities • Demonstrating responsiveness to all requested services • Maintaining certification through the Florida Department of Health's Environmental Laboratory Certification Program • Providing copies of proficiency testing results upon request • Maintaining an approved Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual and Field Sampling Quality Manual The city reserves the right to modify the sampling events or frequency during the contract period, and the service provider will honor the unit price for any changes.