Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) will provide the selected lab an excel spreadsheet with an inventory of the sites, lot number, number of organisms present, number of vials, and estimated number of chironomids upon in-house sorting to the family level. Although number of invertebrate samples will vary in future years of contract, estimated number of samples are as follows: 2024 macros to be sent in 2025 (52 samples), 2025 macros to be sent in 2026 (67 samples), and 2026 macros to be sent in 2027 (58 samples). A. Provide genus level identification, when possible, for all invertebrate samples. B. Organisms will be identified to genus whenever possible. However, early instars and damaged specimens may be identified to higher taxonomic levels. C. Data will be submitted on an Excel spreadsheet formatted to LTBB's specifications. All data entries will be doublechecked to assure accuracy D. Provide results in an Excel worksheet detailing abundance for each taxon encountered distributed among the sites noted in the table. E. Facilitate a taxonomic review of 10% of the samples for quality assurance. F. 10% of the organisms will re-identified by a second taxonomist for quality assurance: • samples will be randomly selected until 10% are designated for re-identification • results will be compared to the primary results • acceptable level of taxonomic agreement between the two data sets would be 90% or better • If less than 90% agreement is achieved, the specimens in question will be re-examined and the two taxonomists would reconcile their determinations and may necessitate examination of specimens in additional samples • Changes to the entire data set will be made as necessary. • If the two taxonomists cannot agree on the identity of any specimens, they will be sent to a third independent taxonomist for verification. Cost of QA/QC is to be covered in bid reply
