Request for Proposals

For the Operation of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Quality Assurance Requirements for GLNPO Grantees

The Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking cooperators for the management, operation, and possible expansion of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). IADN is a joint U.S.-Canadian monitoring network aimed at assessing atmospheric deposition of toxic pollutants to the Great Lakes.

IADN currently collects data on the deposition of toxic pollutants to the Great Lakes at 16 sites (5 in the U.S.) through wet and dry deposition and gas exchange. Source attribution questions are addressed where possible.

The IADN presently consists of one master station per lake, along with several satellite stations. The three US master stations are located at Eagle Harbor, MI, Sleeping Bear Dunes, MI and Sturgeon Point, NY. Two satellite stations are located at Chicago, IL and Brule River, WI. This request for preproposals (RFP) addresses network management and operation including sample analysis corresponding to a sample collection period of two years from November 1, 2001 to October 31, 2003 for the five currently operating US sites and possible network expansion.

In order to optimize the performance of the components of IADN, this RFP separates the network into five programs: trace organics (base program), trace metals, emerging contaminants, dioxins/furans, and mercury. Responders to this solicitation may submit preproposals for one or a combination of the programs. However, separate budgets for each program must be submitted.

A grant for the IADN Base Program will be awarded at the conclusion of the current RFP review. The level of funding for the Base Program will be that deemed appropriate by GLNPO. However, the funding of remaining advertised program components in this RFP will be subject to current and future resource availability and may be funded at the conclusion of the review or at a later date.

Grantees selected for any of the programs are expected to fulfill core principal investigator responsibilities including program management, field collection of samples, site maintenance, sample analysis, Steering Committee participation, data reporting and interpretation, and methods development and intercomparison.

Links to the complete RFP, information on quality assurance requirements, and the IADN website are below. The deadline for receipt of preproposal packages is August 6, 2001. Direct questions, requests for further information, and preproposals to:

Melissa Hulting
U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Mail Code G-17J
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 886-2265
Fax: (312) 353-2018
E-mail: hulting.melissa@epa.gov

• Full RFP (380K pdf)
• Quality Assurance requirements/proposal format guidance
• Information on IADN, including background documents and current SOPs

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