Specifications include, but are not limited to: analyze weekly samples from each of Mississippi’s twenty-one (21) beach locations for Enterococci as directed below: a. Analysis for contact season April 1 and ending September 30 the same year. Should the sample exceed the Beach Action Value (“BAV”) set by MDEQ, additional samples will be collected, by MDEQ, and delivered to the contract laboratory for analysis until the BAV has not exceeded two samples in a row. There will be occasional weekend analysis required, including holiday weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day. MDEQ also collects quality assurance samples including both field blanks and field duplicates 10% of the time that require analysis. b. Analysis for non-contact season October 1 and ending the following year March 31. Should the sample exceed the Beach Action Value (“BAV”) set by MDEQ, additional samples will be collected, by MDEQ, and delivered to the contract laboratory for analysis until the BAV has not exceeded two samples in a row. If analysis is required on a weekend, MDEQ will collect a sample and deliver the sample to the contract lab the following business day for analysis. No weekend analysis will be required. MDEQ also collects quality assurance samples including both field blanks and field duplicates 10% of the time that require analysis.