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C. Vendor is familiar with and is satisfied as to all federai, state and local Laws and Regulations

that may affect cost, progress and performance of the Work.

D. Vendor has obtained and carefully studied (or assumes responsibility for having done so) all
additional or supplementary examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies and data
concerning conditions (surface, subsurface and Underground Facilities) at or cantiguous to the
Site which may affect cost, progress, or performance of the Work or which relate to any aspect
of the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and procedures of construction to be
employed by Vendar, and safety precautions and programs incident thereto.

E. Vendor does not consider that any further examinations, investigations, explorations, tests,
studies, or data are necessary for the determination of this bid for performance of the Work at
the price(s) bid and within the times and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of
the RFP Documents.

F. Vendor is aware of the general nature of work to be performed by the City and others at the
Site that relates to the Work as indicated in the RFP Documents.

G. Vendor has correlated the information known to Vendor, information and observations
obtained fram visits to the Site, reports and drawings identified in the RFP Documents, and all
additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, studies, and data with the RFP

Documents.

H. Vendor has given written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that
Vendor has discovered in the RFP Documents, and the written resolution thereof by the City is

acceptable to Vendor.

|. The RFP Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms
and conditions for performance of the Work for which the proposals submitted.

Vendor further represents that this proposal is genuine and not made in the interest of or on behalf of
any undisclosed individual or entity and is not submitted in conformity with any agreement or rules of
any group, association, organization or corporation; Vendor has not directly or indirectly induced or
solicited any other Vendor to submit a false or sham proposal; Vendor has not solicited or induced any
individual or entity to refrain from bidding; and has not sought by collusion to obtain for itself any

advantage over any other Vendor or over the City .

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The requirements of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated shall apply to this project. The
Vendor is responsible for compliance with all applicable statutes. The entire set of the Revised Statutes

Annotated js available online at:

http://gzencourt.state,nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.himi
Vendor will complete the Work in accordance with the Contract Dacuments for the following prices:

A, Vendor acknowledges that estimated quantities are not guaranteed, and are solely for the
purpose of comparison of proposals, and final payment for all Unit Price Bid items will be based
on actual quantities provided, determined as provided in the Contract Documents.

The following documents are attached to and made a condition of this Proposal:

A. Bid Form — which includes a tabulation of Subcontractors, Suppliers and other individuals and
entities required to be identified in this Proposal;

B. Proposal Submission: (Reference Appendix 4 — Proposal Submission Criteria}; and

C. Any and all addendums issued after the release of this RFP. Upon issuance, addendums can be
found on the City website or on Proposal Express with the original proposal documents

Communications concerning this Proposal shall be

addressed to: (Contractor's mailing address to be filled in

by Vendor}

3147 Elm St, Milford, NH, 03055

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229 Main Street, City Hall
Nashua, NH 03061-2019

SUBMITTED on April 13th 20.21

Business Name (typed or printed): Melport Enterprises LLC

[| individual [_] Partnership IX] Corporation [_]Joint Venture
Type:
1] General L] Generai
[] Publicly Traded [-] Professional
C Limited O Services

[_] Other Limited Liability
By: : ( 1 (SEAL)

/ (individual’s Signature, General Partner, Officer with autharity to sign)

Doing Business as): Chemserve

Business Address: 317 Elm St, Milford, NH 03055

Phone: 603-673-5440 Email: jamie @chemservelab.com

Date and State af Organization: Chemserve was established in 1986 in NH
Date and State of Incorporation: Malport Ent registered in New Hamoshire 1/6/20
Date of Qualification te do business fs 1/2/2020

Names of Current General Partners/Executive Officers/Joint Partners

Jamie Fitzgerald

Managing Member, Owner

erald Co-owner

(Indicate managing partner by an asterisk *)

Address for receipt of official communications:
317 Elm St, Milford, NH 03055

Each joint ventured must sign. The manner of signing for each individual, Partnership and } corporation that is a
party to the joint venture should be in the manner indicated abave. Path eae ant .

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Address for receipt of official communications:
317 Elm St, Milford, NH, 03055

Each joint ventured must sign. The manner of signing for each individual, partnership and corporation that is a

party to the joint venture should bg in the manner indicated above.

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LIST OF
SUBCONTRACTORS
(to be submitted with proposal)

The name and address of each subcontractor who will be paid at feast five percent (5%) of the prime contractor 5

total proposal shall be listed below. To be deemed a responsive proposal, this form must be submitted even if no

subcontractors are required to be listed. In that case, the Vendor should state "None" (or similar language stating
that no subcontractors need to be listed) in the space below.

Name & Address of Subcontractor

Alpha Analytical, 11 Walkup Dr, Westborough, MA 01518 PFAS analysis on groundwater samples

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in compliance with your RFP, we hereby submit our proposal for the above project. Having examined the plans

and specifications and being familiar with all of the conditions surrounding the construction of the proposed

project, including the availability of materials and labor, we hereby propose to furnish aif supervision, labor,

materials and supplies, and to construct the project in accordance with the contract documents, dated
4/13/2021 Including Addenda noted below.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualification Staternent: detailing experience on similar projects of scope, size & scale.

References: include at least 3 professional references (business name, contact, email address & phone number}.
References may be contacted as part of our preliminary bid review to assist project committee in assessing
Vendor qualifications. Current City of Nashua personnel and elected officials shall not be used as references.

City Projects: Provide a list of project awards Vendor has received from the City of Nashua in the past 5 years.
Please include project detail, City department and City project lead.

Acknowledgement is made of receipt of the following addenda: / tacl iu

IF notice of acceptance of this proposal is given to the undersigned within ninety 90 days after the date of opening
of bids, or any time thereafter before this bid is withdrawn, the undersigned will execute and deliver a contract
in the prescribed form within 10 days after the contract has been presented to them for signature.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: The undersigned certifies that it does not and will not during the
performance of this Contract violate the provisions of the Federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,
which prohibits employment of ilfegal aliens.

DISQUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS: By signing this proposal, the undersigned certifies that this
person/firm/corporation is not currently barred from bidding on contracts by any Agency of the State of New
Hampshire, nor is this person/firm/corporation a part of any firm/corporation that is currently barred
from bidding on contracts by any Agency of the State of New Hampshire.

Either the undersigned or one of the following individuals, if any, ts authorized to modify this proposal prior to the
deadline for receipt of bids by writing the modification and signing their name on the face of the proposal, on the
envelope in which it is enclosed, on a separate document, or on a document which is faxed to the City or by
sending the City's representative an e-mail message:

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ENVIRONMENTAL
317 Elm Street, Milford, NH 03055 (603) 673-5440 sales@chemservelab.com

April 13", 2021

Kelly Parkinson

City of Nashua — Purchasing Manager

City Hall

229 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03060

RE: RFP0931-041321 Water Quality Testing and Monitoring at Nashua Landfill sites

Dear Kelly,

Enclosed, please find Chemserve’s proposal for RFP0931-041321, Water Quality Testing and
Monitoring at Nashua Landfill sites.

We have addressed proposal submission criteria point-by-point as sections A to F as outlined in
the bid document and uploaded the completed bid, including bid form, into the Bid Express
submission system. Receipt of the two addenda are acknowledged and uploaded.

We appreciate the opportunity to provide this bid and look forward to providing analysis services
again to the City of Nashua. As we have performed these services for you in the past, Chemserve
is already familiar with the sampling locations and knowledgeable of the analyses required for the
various landfill locations.

Please contact me with any questions or with a request to meet with the City for further discussion
of this project.

| am confident that our decades of environmental analysis experience combined with our excellent
customer service will provide you the means to meet your expectations and goals as required.

Respectfully,

, Ht / UY

Jamie Fitzgerald, PhD

Managing Member

Melport Enterprises LLC dba Chemserve
jamie@chemservelab.com
603-673-5440 ext 101

www.chemservelab.com

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317 Elm Street, Milford, NH 03055 (603) 673-5440 sales@chemservelab.com

Statement of Project Requirements and Scope of Services

A. Statement of Project Requirements

Chemserve is a NELAC-accredited laboratory (# 1008) and has been performing environmental
sampling and laboratory analysis services for over thirty years. Our field sampling department has
been trained to utilize the latest technologies for sample collection, field testing, and proper
sample preservation. This includes water sampling and testing from wells, leachates and surface
water locations.

Chemserve will coordinate a field team with sufficient knowledge and equipment to perform the
sampling per the permit specifications at each landfill. We have recently updated all our field
instrumentation to a wireless system to maximize sampling efficiency. These were successfully
tested in the April 7-9 2021 Four Hills field sampling visit. We acknowledge that there are some
locations that will require low stress sampling and others will require standard purge sampling
techniques.

Our laboratory will provide the necessary personnel and equipment to analyze the samples that
meet the current NELAC and NHDES standards. All samples will be delivered to Chemserve (317
Elm St, Milford, NH 03055) where the majority of chemical analyses will be conducted.
Chemserve will subcontract the PFAS testing to Aloha Analytical in Westborough MA. Alpha is
both NELAC and DOD accredited for performance of PFAS testing.

All reports will be tabulated into a spreadsheet and standard report format. These reports will be
sent to the City and uploaded to NHDES. Detailed responses to the Scope of Services outlined in
the bid documents are below and organized by Task number.

B. scope of Services

TASK 1: All of the wells for this project will be purged using the guidelines set forth for proper low
stress, or “low-flow”, purging outlined in USEPA Document EQASOP-GW 001 Region 1. Low-
Stress SOP revised on January 19, 2010 or will utilize standard purging as outlined in the RCRA
Guidance Document.

The pumping devices utilized for low-flow purging shall be submersible pumps specifically
designed for low-flow sampling. The low flow field parameters shall be determined using a state-
of-the-art MicroPurge electronic flow cell from QED Environmental Systems Inc. The flow cell will
monitor temperature, dissolve oxygen (DO), specific conductivity (SC), oxidation reduction
potential (ORP), and pH with data delivered to a tablet in the field using Bluetooth technology.
Sample turbidity will be monitored using a new Turbidity meter purchased in February 2021
(SPER Scientific). Tne low-flow pumping will be performed at a rate less than 500 ml per minute
as appropriate to establish stabilized values. For low-flow purging, the well will be determined to
be stabilized when the variation in field readings are 10% or less for ORP and DO, pH is +/- 0.2
units, temperature is +/- 0.2 C. Consecutive readings will be taken a minimum of three minutes

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apart. For turbidity that is less than 5 NTU the well will be considered stable after three
consecutive readings less than 5 NTU. Any well that does not conform to 5 NTU or less in a
reasonable time, will be low rate purged for one hour or until 5 NTU, whichever comes first.

Samples will be filtered (0.45 uM) and analyzed for dissolved metals except for bedrock and
surface water samples which will remain unfiltered and analyzed for total metals.

For standard purging, the well volume will be calculated, three volumes of water will be purged
from each well, and field testing for pH, specific conductance, and temperature will be performed.

Note on PFAS analysis: PFAS analysis will conform to the published NHDES guidelines for testing
PFAS and PFCs. As directed by Addendum 2 of the RFP0931-041321 bid document the analysis
will utilize the 537 method modified with isotope dilution on 24 compounds listed in USEPA
SW 846 method 8327. For analytical consistency, the PFAS testing will be conducted by the same
lab that Chemserve partnered with for the current City of Nashua contract; Alpha Analytical
Laboratories.

After the appropriate purging technique of each well has occurred, samples will be collected. All
samples will be collected in accordance with the preservatives and containers outlined in 40 CFR
Part 136. Samples will be delivered the same day to the Chemserve laboratory and analyzed
within prescribed holding times following the methods accepted by NHDES for the analyses
requested. All samples shall be received under proper chain of custody documentation.
Chemserve will follow specific guidelines to avoid cross-contamination and guidelines set forth for
proper PFAS sample collection.

TASK 2: We are currently the vendor that provides sampling and analysis services for the City of
Nashua at these landfill sites. Consequently, we are familiar with the sampling sites detailed in the
RFP including well locations, leachate sample locations and surface water locations.

TASK 3: Upon completion of analysis, results will be reported to the DES Groundwater Permits
Coordinator and the City of Nashua consistent with GMP reporting requirements. Results that
exceed allowable limits will be flagged. All results will be reported within 45 days of sampling.

TASK 4: Chemserve will review data with the City at no additional cost when required. In addition,
if field or lab contamination of samples occurs, or if questionable analyses are reported,
Chemserve will re-sample at no additional cost.

TASK 5: Chemserve will coordinate all sampling events through the City-designated contact
person.

TASK 6: Chemserve acknowledges that the City will prepare and submit biennial summary
reports to the NHDES.

TASK 7: Chemserve will provide laboratory analysis of storm water samples collected by Four
Hills landfill personnel.

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ENVIRONMENTAL
317 Elm Street, Milford, NH 03055 (603) 673-5440 sales@chemservelab.com

C. Project Team

Chemserve personnel will perform all of the field work, sampling and groundwater laboratory
analysis except for the PFA analyses which will be subcontracted out. The Team for this project
comprises the four individuals described below. Technical CVs for the key personnel (project
manager, Laboratory Operations Director and QC Administrator), are listed on the following
pages.

Project Manager — Jamie Fitzgerald, B.S., PhD; His responsibilities include client interface,
technical assistance, client meetings, field team coordination, and budgeting. Dr Fitzgerald will
also be part of the field sampling team for the Four Hills site visits.

Dr Fitzgerald is accredited by the State of NH as overall Laboratory Director for Chemserve and
the Director of Organic Chemistry division.

He is trained as a biochemist and molecular biologist and ran an academic laboratory for 15 years
prior to purchasing Chemserve in September 2020. He has received formal training in organic
chemistry, pharmacology, biochemistry, microbiology and the scientific method. His has hands-on
technical experiencing in scientific problem-solving, managing research personnel, research
budgets and adherence to regulatory requirements. This experience serves him well for running a
customer-focused environmental analysis company like Chemserve.

Laboratory Operations Director — Paul Fyfe; responsibilities include coordination and delegation
of all laboratory services. Paul has more than 30 years experience in the environmental
laboratory industry in all aspects including instrumentation, sample preparation, data review and
management. He is responsible for all day-to-day laboratory operations of Chemserve and directly
overseas all the analyses conducted by our in-house team of environmental and chemical
analysts.

Quality Control Administrator — Heather Marmorstein; responsibilities include auditing and
review of field and laboratory procedures and data collection review for compliance with pertinent
standards. She will be responsible for reviewing the sampling data and fulfilling the reporting
requirements to the City. Heather started at Chemserve in 2007 working as an Environmental
Inorganic Chemist prior to becoming the QC/QA Officer and therefore has a detailed working
knowledge of environmental laboratory analyses.

Field Service Technician — Andy Campbell, B.S. is the field sampling technician. He graduated
from the University of New Hampshire in 2013 with a degree in Environmental Science. His
responsibilities include scheduling and coordination of field activities, supervision and
implementation of sample and data collection, and delivery of samples to the laboratory. Andy has
been working for Chemserve since 2015 and has significant experience in sample collection at the
City of Nashua landfills.