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PROPOSAL FOR LABORATORY SERVICES

Contents

DELIVERING SCIENCE BETTER...................................................................................................................................3

PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...............................................................................................................................4

ANALYTICAL AND EXTRACTION METHODS...............................................................................................................4

LIST OF CONSTITUENTS............................................................................................................................................6

CERTIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................................................................8

HIGH VOLUME CAPABILITY.......................................................................................................................................8

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES..........................................................................................................................9

AVAILABLE LABORATORY SERVICES........................................................................................................................10

TAT, EDD AND DATA PACKAGE DELIVERY...............................................................................................................13

CAPABILITIES..........................................................................................................................................................14

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE.....................................................................................................................................15

PRICING LIST...........................................................................................................................................................17

SUBCONTRACTED LABS..........................................................................................................................................17

CAPABILITIES / ADDITIONAL SERVICES...................................................................................................................18

CERTIFIED ANALYSES..............................................................................................................................................19

ATTACHMENTS.......................................................................................................................................................19

Attachment A – List of Constituents...................................................................................................................19

Attachment B – Certifications.............................................................................................................................19

Attachment C – Pricing.......................................................................................................................................19

Attachment D – Mobile Lab Business Proposal..................................................................................................19

Attachment E – Pace Analytical Terms & Conditions..........................................................................................19

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DELIVERING SCIENCE BETTER.

Thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal. We would welcome the opportunity to earn your business and serve as your lab partner. Pace is proud to have a long history of doing both for organizations similar to [INSERT COMPANY]. Our history affords us deep knowledge in laboratory science, respect in the industry, and multitudes of satisfied, long-term clients. We’ve been fortunate to retain customers over decades and gain new, repeat business based on the values we instill in everything we do:

INTEGRITY. Quality is integral to our business and our longevity. We operate our business to the highest degree of ethical standards to ensure your trust as a partner and to deliver your data through strict quality protocols.

PACE PEOPLE. We value and take care of our employees for their sake and to ensure continuity in customer care. Our Customer Excellence Program actively encourages imaginative thinking towards creating a personalized customer experience.

CUSTOMER COMMITMENT. We understand that we are a component in your ability to provide downstream results to your customers. As such, we will honor our commitments to you, so that you can honor yours.

INNOVATE. We continuously invest in our business to ensure the quality of our processes, results, and data. We do this not only by investing in our facilities, equipment, and technology but by researching and adopting new methodologies and responding to demands for new lab services.

IMPROVE. We manage our adherence to these values through a continuous improvement process we’ve adapted from Lean and Six Sigma principles. Delivering Science Better is our company slogan for this reason; we will continually strive to be better for our clients, employees, and partners. We will never rest on our laurels.

Pace offers you the largest, American-owned laboratory network. We have the capacity, capabilities, and delivery infrastructure to provide the certified results you require; where and when you need them.

At Pace Analytical®, our vision is simple: To protect our environment and improve our health. We believe our work is integral to a cleaner, safer planet for all. We do this in partnership with you by providing the science – and the data – you need to make the right choices for the benefit of all. Count on us to Deliver Science Better.

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PROJECT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

Pace is pleased to demonstrate our experience as it relates to the specifications of this RFP…

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ANALYTICAL AND EXTRACTION METHODS

The Analytical and Extraction Methods that Pace will use…

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Analytical Method Matrix Extraction MethodEPA 8082A Sediment/Soil/Tissue EPA 3541 Automated SoxhletEPA 8082A Surface Water/ Wastewater EPA 3510C Separatory Funnel Liquid-

LiquidEPA 1668A Sediment/Soil/Tissue EPA 1668 SoxhletEPA 1668A Surface Water/ Wastewater EPA 1668 Continuous Liquid-LiquidEPA 8290 Sediment/Soil/Tissue EPA 8290 SoxhletEPA 8290 Surface Water/ Wastewater EPA 8290 Separatory Funnel

Liquid-Liquid

Because the project’s primary focus is the analysis of …

Calibration

EPA Method …

QC Spiking

The QC spiking per EPA Method ..

Quantitation

EPA Method …

Sample Extract Cleanups

Pace …

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LIST OF CONSTITUENTS.

Pace meets all the required program limits….

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CERTIFICATIONS.

See Attachment B – Certifications

Pace is certified…

HIGH VOLUME CAPABILITY.

For purposes of this scope of service, Pace will be utilizing…

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

Pace Analytical® is committed to creating a strong technical team to support…

AVAILABLE LABORATORY SERVICES.

With a vendor/partnership arrangement, Pace will strive to become a valued team member…

Single Point of Contact – Project Manager will assist with:

Project planning Pre-planning meeting Define site action levels, regulatory agency requirements, deliverables, indicator parameters, sample

transportation logistics, etc.…. (All things that can be decided before the project start up to save time and effort in the field)

Mobile Laboratory

Reduced Volume Technology (RVT)

New capability with DRO, PAHs, and semi-volatiles, and later for BNAs. Our subsidiary was the first lab to receive multiple state approvals, followed by ISO 17025, NELAP and DoD ELAP accreditations for this technology,

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and later EPA (all regions) approval for RVT BNAs and Pesticides. As a result, we are offering GEI our Reduced Volume Technology in our labs that provide this option to replace 1L bottles and collect samples in 100mL bottles for semi-volatile organic compounds, BNAs and pesticides, or 40mL bottles for DRO and PAHs. All of our labs are in the process of adding this service offering.

Ease of Use Features

Pre-printed COCs Pre-printed Labels Auto – bottle re-orders (saves 15-20 minutes per ordering event) Organized Bottle Kits – staged by well or sampling point All can save hours in the field Pace welcomes the use of this service in any of our laboratories Benefits – Provides reduced man hours on field tasks and more time spent on other critical plant

projects, consistent sample naming, test requests always correct especially on repeating events, error reduction

Delivery of kits to office, home, site or hotel One stop shop for most routine analysis across the network Single report even if multiple Pace labs used All labs on same LIMs System

Project Start Up

Pace has put staff on site to assist with managing sample logistics for the first few days on large projects When the budget allows, there is a charge for the labor and travel, but if not, the on-site person have

been absorbed by the analytical project costs. Benefits – All kinks are worked out in the beginning of the project with a lab staff person on site. Extra

container ordering, sample staging and logistics, etc. Reduces consultant time for busy labor efforts focuses them on sampling tasks, and accomplishing more critical tasks on site

Courier Service Door to door service with courier from many remote locations Use Pace and 3rd party couriers Containers packed and iced at pick up If no couriers available pre-printed return shipping labels can be included Flexible as needed to receive samples (i.e. weekend receiving hours, after hours pick-ups with prior

arrangements)

Sample Receipt Confirmation

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All labs provide an automatic sample receipt confirmation form Form summarizes sample integrity at the time of receipt, analyses requested, number of samples, etc. Benefits – Any field or laboratory login errors can be caught before the project is started. Reduced need

for resampling, etc.… Ensures project objectives are met.

PacePort® Access

Access to all data from all labs across the Pace Network 24/7 Results, COC forms, Sample Acknowledgement

Forms Single report provided to the customer when data

generated within Pace facilities EDD Development – Pace develops the EDD one

time for all labs on our LIMs system. State or Federal Action Limits Highlight Exceedances Eliminates Errors Benefits – Reduced programing and IT time for our

customers to not have to handle multiple lab EDD formats.

Rapid Response Line

877-859-7778 Call anytime day or night. Response to needs within 1 hour of call.

TAT, EDD AND DATA PACKAGE DELIVERY.

Turn Around Times

Pace standard turnaround time is …

Data Deliverables

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Pace understands the requirements for data deliverables…

Electronic Laboratory Report. In addition to providing all reports electronically via email in a searchable PDF format, Pace can also provide our clients with on-line, real-time data access via PacePort. With the convenience of PacePort, clients can retrieve their final reports, check status, review work orders, review invoices, view hits-only reports, generate special EDDs, and much more.

Electronic Data Deliverable. Pace has the capability to provide data packages that range from Level 1-4. EDD capabilities include industry standards like EQuIS, ADAPT, GeoTracker, Locus EIM, Scribe, Envirodata DTS, and multiple SDWIS formats. We are also able to do LIMS transfer to Promium. We work very closely with our clients to provide data in a format that is user-friendly and compatible to their needs. If a client requires a specific data package that is not already part of our standard formats, we will work with them to develop their format. Please find below a brief listing of our standard EDD formats that can be easily generated from our PacePort® software system. Pace can provide Electronic Data Deliverables in many different formats including csv, xls, xlsx, pdf, xml and txt. Pace employees have experience with uploading data to Client FTP sites as well as 3rd party data check submissions. Pace can utilize and translate data using Client specified valid values tables. Pace can deliver the EDD at the same time we are delivering the final report.

CAPABILITIES.

Listed below are the capabilities…

Capabilities Green BayMinnesot

aInorganics

CVAA Mercury ● ●ICP/MS Metals ● ●

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ICP Metals ● ●Low Level Mercury ●Wet Chemistry ● ●

Volatile OrganicsBTEX ● ●GC (8021) ● ●GC/MS ● ●GC Gasoline ● ●

Semi-volatile OrganicsGC/MS ● ●GC Diesel ● ●GC Pest/PCB ● ●

Field ServicesField Sampling ●Mobile Laboratory ●Stack Sampling ●

Specialty ServicesAir ToxicsBacteriological ● ●Dioxin/Furan ●Drinking Water ● ●PAHs by GC/MS-SIM ● ●PCB Congeners ●PFAS ●Tissue ● ●

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE.

Project Experience Example No. 1

Contract Title: xxx Client: xxx Contract Type: xxxContract Value: xxxPeriod of Performance: xxx

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Project Overview:

Pace provides support to a confidential client and their consulting partner…

Lessons Learned:

The key to any successful program management of a large multi- phased project is to hold routine pre-planning and ongoing meetings with key staff….

Project Experience Example No. 2

Contract Title: xxxClient: xxx Contract Type: xxxContract Value: xxxPeriod of Performance: xxx

Project Overview:

Pace involvement on the…

Lessons Learned:

The techniques discussed above were early developments in the project setting the stage for the production of several decades of comparable, reproducible data and QC…

PRICING LIST.

Please see Attachment C – Pricing.

SUBCONTRACTED LABS.

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For purpose of this proposal Pace will be utilizing …

CAPABILITIES / ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

All Pace additional services…

Mobile Lab Services

In addition to the proposal we are providing…

Task Management

The majority of our service offerings are provided in our Available Laboratory Services section, capabilities and experience sections…

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CERTIFIED ANALYSES.

Analytical Pricing Item Unit CostPCBs by Method 8082A - Sediment $75.00PCBs as Congeners - Sediment $500.00Dioxins - Sediment $600.00PCBs by Method 8082A - Soil $75.00PCBs as Congeners - Soil $500.00Dioxins - Soil $600.00

Alternate Items Unit CostExpedited turnaround time – 5-day TAT 30%Expedited turnaround time – 3-day TAT 75%Saturday courier service $500.00

ATTACHMENTS.

Attachment A – List of ConstituentsAttachment B – CertificationsAttachment C – PricingAttachment D – Mobile Lab Business ProposalAttachment E – Pace Analytical Terms & Conditions

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