Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Connecticut DAS is soliciting bids for Environmental Analytical Services to include Aqueous, Liquid Waste and Soils Sampling and Testing for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, all using state agencies and political subdivisions of the state, (“Client Agency”) and are seeking services from Contractors capable of satisfactorily Performing laboratory analysis of saline water, fresh water, biological tissue, soil, groundwater, water samples from drinking water wells, sediment, air samples, wastes and sludge, and to conduct acute and chronic toxicity studies for the whole effluent samples, surface waters and sediments (with the additional testing described in the next sentence, the “Services”. Additional testing of various materials for hazardous waste determinations, identification and characterizations of hazardous materials will also be required.