Water Quality Analysis - Annual Contract

Agency:	Charlotte County
State:	Florida
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541380 - Testing Laboratories 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
Posted Date:	Jan 5, 2026
Due Date:	Jan 7, 2026
Solicitation No:	26-183
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PURCHASING DIVISION

Charlotte County Administration Center

18500 Murdock Circle, Suite 344

Port Charlotte, Florida 33948-1094

Phone 941.743.1378

Fax 941.743.1384

TO:

PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

DATE:

JANUARY 5, 2026

RE:

BID 20260183, WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS – ANNUAL CONTRACT

BID DUE DATE: 3:00 p.m. (EST), JANUARY 7, 2026

ADDENDUM NO. 1

Bidders are hereby notified that this addendum shall be made a part of the above-named proposal and contract

documents.

The following is issued to modify, and/or clarify the proposal and contract documents. These items shall have the same

force and effect as the original bid and contract documents, and bids to be submitted on the specified date shall conform

with the additions, deletions and revisions as listed herein.

ITEM #1 QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

Q1. Will the Charlotte Harbor and Lemon Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program sample collection be from a

vessel or land? How many samples are to be collected?

A1. The Southwest Florida Water Management District has assumed responsibility of all facets of the Lemon

Bay/Charlotte Harbor Water Quality Program. At this we are not being requested to, or are contributing to, that

effort. All references to this shall be removed from this Request for Bids.

Q2. Would you please clarify the due date for reports from section TS-05, what are the reporting period

dates? “Reports shall be submitted to the County no later than the 7th following the end of the reporting

period for each sampling event. Deep Well Analysis reports must be submitted no later than the 5th of

the month following the sampling event.”

A2. Please refer to Item #2 below.

Q3. Please clarify the well the contractor will be sampling in section Municipal Solid Waste Management

Division (MSWMD) TS-08 MW-1 or MW-1A?

A3. Contractor will be sampling MW-1A.

ITEM #2 CORRECTIONS

1. Page 9, Technical Specifications & Conditions, TS-05 General Conditions, 9th paragraph, please remove “Deep

Well Analysis reports must be submitted no later than the 5th of the month following the sampling event.”

2. Please REMOVE the following from this Request for Bids:

a. Page 1, “, and Stormwater Management Department”

b. Page 9, TS-06 Containers, paragraph 1, line 3, “, except for the Charlotte County Stormwater Management

Department”

c. Page 9, TS-06 Containers, paragraph 2, “the appropriate department(“

d. Page 9, TS-06 Containers, paragraph 2, “or Stormwater Management Department)”

e. Page 10 TS-07 Submittals, “***NOTE*** The remainder of the Technical Specifications & Conditions are

divided into two (2) sections as follows:” and “TS-09: Stormwater Management Department”

f. Page 11, TS-09 Stormwater Management Department, in its entirety.

g. Page 17, Bid Form, “TS-09 Stormwater Management Department”

h. Page 20, Bid Form, “Surface Water Field Testing Parameters, per location” and “Surface Water Field

Laboratory Parameters, per sample location”

i. Page 23, TS-09 Stormwater Management Department, in its entirety.

3. Please CORRECT the following items in this Request for Bids:

a. Please correct page 10, TS-08 Municipal Solid Waste Management Division, A. Monitor Wells, paragraph 2

to read, “The monitoring wells identification are: MW-1A; MW-2A; MW-4A; and MW-5. The four (4)

monitoring wells have a two-inch opening and a depth of 18 feet. The monitoring wells average water

elevation from January 2024 to December 2024 was: 80 inches for MW-1A; 69 inches for MW-2A; 72 inches

for MW-4A; and 75 inches for MW-5. The Contractor will measure, purge and sample all four (4) ground

water monitoring wells, semiannually schedule, in accordance with their approved Comprehensive Quality

Assurance Plan.”

b. Please correct page 18, Discounted price for a. through g., to reflect a quantity of 2

c. Please correct page 18, Discounted price for h. through n., to reflect a quantity of 2

d. Please correct page 19, Discounted price Appendix I – Organic 1. through 15., to reflect a quantity of 2

e. Please correct page 20, Discounted price Appendix I – Organic 16 through 62, to reflect a quantity of 2

f. Please correct page 20, Discounted price for Field Parameters, to reflect a quantity of 2

g. Please correct page 20, Total price for Laboratory Parameters, to reflect a quantity of 2

h. Please correct page 21, Total price for TCLP, to reflect a quantity of 2

i. Please correct page 21, Secondary Drinking Water Standards; Discounted Total for entire sample, to reflect

a quantity of 2

j. Please correct page 21, Priority Pollutants, Volatile Organic Compounds, Discounted Total for entire sample,

to reflect a quantity of 2

k. Please correct page 21, Purgeables and Pesticides, Discounted total for entire sample, to reflect a quantity

of 2

l. Please correct page 21, Gross Alpha, to reflect a quantity of 2

m. Please correct page 21, Fecal Coliform, to reflect a quantity of 2

n. Please correct page 21 40 CFR, Part 122, Appendix D Tables II & III (latest regs) Sampling, to reflect a

quantity of 2

This addendum is binding and is to be considered as if contained within the original proposal documents of Bid No.

20260183. Firms are required to acknowledge receipt of this addendum on their bid forms.

Kimberly Corbett, C.P.M., CPPB

Senior Division Manager - Purchasing

KC/at

cc: Clerk

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