30.1. Vendor shall supply all labor, tools, transportation, materials, equipment and permits as necessary and required to perform services as described herein. 30.2. The Vendor’s laboratory shall perform analytical services, as necessary, to identify and quantify total lead in drinking water. Analysis shall be by USEPA approved or accepted methods approved under the Safe Drinking Water Act and should have a reporting limit of 0.001 milligrams per liter (mg/L) or lower. The lab shall be accredited by NH-ELAP to complete the analysis. 30.3. The Vendor’s laboratory shall accept chain-of-custody forms that are developed by entities accessing the contract, including the non-compliance Public Water System General System Evaluation Sample Form. 30.4. The chain-of-custody form acts as the work order for laboratory analytical services, specifying entity or entities to whom the results shall be provided. A copy of the chain-of-custody form should be included with the laboratory data report and provided to the requesting agency along with invoices for payment. 30.5. The Vendor’s laboratory shall follow and maintain industry standard chain-of-custody procedures. 30.6. The Vendor’s laboratory shall perform all analyses requested by the entity. If the Vendor’s laboratory sample capacity precludes the Vendor’s laboratory from analyzing the requested samples within hold times, the Vendor, upon approval by the requesting entity, may sub-contract the samples to another NH-ELAP accredited laboratory for analysis at no additional cost. 30.7. The Vendor’s laboratory shall provide materials such as sample containers, coolers, sample container labels, and chain-of-custody forms. The containers shall be clean and conform to the USEPA quality control requirements and procedures. 30.8. Sample containers shall be 1 liter (L); 1L sample containers generally should be used by entities requesting analyses for Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) sampling. 30.8.1. Sample containers shall be either be 250 milliliter (ml) or 1 liter (L) as requested by the entity; 1L sample containers generally should be used by entities requesting analyses for lead and copper rule (LCR) sampling, while the smaller sample volume should be used for fixture evaluations completed at schools and childcare facilities.
