Catalog 9050119 - Analytical Services Proposal to USFWS

Abstract

Statement of Work The Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) will provide a variety of analytical services in support of the USFWS mission. USFWS the responsibility for managing most of the nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes protecting fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of the nation’s parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. GERG, in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M University welcomes the opportunity to submit this proposal for consideration in response to the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) solicitation (F17PS00726). GERG proposes to provide the USFWS high quality organic analytical services and data management support. The proposed project team is skilled in trace contaminant analysis in all environmentally relevant matrices. The project team includes scientists and technicians that have conducted a range of national and international environmental programs involving analytical services including being one of the current analytical contract laboratories for organic contaminant analysis for the USFWS. GERG is in its 30th year of being a USFWS organic analytical contract Laboratory. Therefore, GERG has the required organization and abilities required to meet USFWS stringent analytical and reporting needs. GERG has an established reputation for quality analytical services and competitive costing. A special ability in the analysis of large numbers of environmental samples while maintaining stringent QA/QC requirements is a hallmark of GERG's analytical laboratories. GERG also specializes in analyzing problematic sample matrices and difficult to determine analytes. GERG has just acquired many state of the art analytical tools and expect to expand our analytical capabilities to include pharmaceuticals, personal care products and other emerging contaminants. GERG has provided USFWS Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) data that has been acceptable in Court and Dr. Wade served as an expert witness for the US Government.