600R80102
                         GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS
                                      FOR
       IMPLEMENTING QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR EPA CONTRACTS
                                      AND
        INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS INVOLVING  ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
                                  QAMS-002/80
                         Quality Assurance Management Staff
l_                    Office of Monitoring and Technical Support
                         Office of Research and Development
  *•                      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                                   May 19, 1980

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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT

1.   INTRODUCTION                                                            3

     1.1  Purpose                                                              3
     L2  Authority                                                            3
     1.3  Scope                                                                3
     L4  Definitions                                                           3
         L4J   Environmental Measurement                                     3
         L4.2   Project Officer                                                4
         L4.3   QA  Officer                                                    4
         L4.4   Contracting Officer                                            4
         L4.5   QA  Program  Plan                                              4
         1.4.6   QA  Project Plan                                               4
         L4.7   QA  Performance Audit                                         4
         1.4.8   QA  System Audit                                              5

2.  QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW (Contracts)                                 5

     2.1  Statement  of  Work                                                   5
     2.2   Contracts  (Preaward)                                                 6
         2.2J   QA  Program  Plan                                              7
         2.2.2   QA Project  Plan                                               7
         2.2.3   QA System Audit                                              8
         2.2.4   QA Performance  Audits                                        9
         2.2.5   Preaward  QA Evaluation                                       9
     2.3   Contracts  (Award)                                                    9
         2.3.1   QA  Requirements  in the Contract                             10
         2.3.2   QA Reports                                                  10
         2.3.3   Level-of-Effort Type  Contracts                                 11

3.  QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW  (Interagency  Agreements)                    11

4.  BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                            11

     4.1  General                                           •                   11
     4.2   Air                                                                12
     4.3   Water                                                              12
     4.4   Radiation                                                           13
     4.5  Solid  Waste                                                         13
     4.6  Toxic  Substances                                                    13
     4.7   Pesticides                                                           13
     4.8   Health Research                                                     13

Appendix:  Quality Assurance  Review Forms

    L  Form QAR-C, Quality  Assurance Review for Extramural
         Projects (Contracts)                                                   14

    2.  Form QAR-IA, Quality Assurance Review  for Extramural
         Projects (Interagency  Agreements^                                     16

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                    GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR
 IMPLEMENTING QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR EPA CONTRACTS
AND INTERAGENCY  AGREEMENTS INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

                                   ABSTRACT


     On May 30, 1979, the Administrator issued an EPA  policy requiring all Regional

Offices, Program  Offices, EPA  Laboratories,  and  the  States  to participate  in  a

centrally-managed Agency-wide Quality Assurance (QA) Program.  The  stated goal of

the Program  is  to  ensure that  all environmentally-related  measurements which are

funded by  EPA  or  which generate data  mandated  by  EPA are  scientifically valid,

defensible,  and of known  precision  and accuracy.   In a  memorandum dated June 14,

1979,  the  Administrator  specifically addressed  the  QA requirements  for all  EPA

extramural projects, including contracts, interagency agreements, grants, and coopera-

tive agreements, that involve environmental measurements.


      This document  is to provide assistance to Project Officers,  QA  Officers, and

other  EPA personnel involved in  the administration of contracts  and  interagency

agreements to uniformly implement the  Administrator's  June  14, 1979  memorandum.

The intent of this document is to ensure that QA requirements for these extramural

projects are consistent and appropriate.
                                                           •

      Guidance and review forms are provided  to  assist  in  the systematic review of

QA requirements for projects covered by contracts  and interagency agreements.   For

contracts, the steps of the review include:   (1)  Requirements of the  Request for

Proposal (RFP); (2) Evaluation of  the offerers' proposals;  and (3) Requirements of the

contract.  The RFP will state that a QA  program plan must  be submitted  by offerers

as a  separately identified part of  the technical proposal.   In addition, the RFP will

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      include requirements  that offerers in  the  competitive  range may  be  required to
      participate  in appropriate EPA QA performance audits and  that such  offerers permit
      QA system  audits by  EPA as part of the evaluation and selection process.
            Each  contract will require submittal  of a QA program plan and a QA  project
      plan to EPA for approval prior  to the initiation of environmental measurements.   The
      QA  program  plan and  the  QA  project  plan  will  become  a  part  of the  contract,
      incorporated by reference.   The contract  must also include  requirements for the
      submission  of separate periodic QA reports, the right of EPA  to  conduct QA system
      audits,  and, as appropriate, requirements for participation in EPA  performance audits.
      The awardee must extend requirements appropriately to  all  subcontractors.

             Level-of-effort type contracts will require  a basic QA project plan  which is
(     amended  or revised, as necessary,  for  each separate work assignment (i.e.,  technical
      directive) involving  environmental measurements.

           The  QA review for interagency agreements will be  similar to those  for awarded
      contracts.

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                                L  INTRODUCTION
     By memoranda of May 30,  1979, and June 14, 1979, the Administrator established
the goal of the EPA QA Program to ensure  that  all environmentally-related measure-
ments funded or mandated by EPA and interagency agreements be scientifically valid,
defensible, and of known precision and accuracy.
1.1  Purpose
The  purpose of this  document is to assist Project Officers, QA Officers, Contracting
Officers,  and  other involved EPA  personnel in  the uniform implementation of  QA
requirements for  contracts and  interagency agreements.
1.2  Authority
The  Office  of Research and Development  (ORD) is  delegated  the responsibility  to
develop, implement,  and  manage  the QA  program  for  the Agency  (Delegation  of
Authority Manual, Page  _).
1.3  Scope
This document is applicable  to all contracts and  interagency agreements involving
environmentally-related measurements.
1.4  Definitions
      1.4.1   Environmental  Measurement -  The  term "environmental  measurement"
     applies  to essentially any field  or  laboratory  investigations that generate data
     such as measuring the chemical, physical, or biological parameters  in the environ-
     ment; determining the presence or absence of pollutants in waste streams; health
     and ecological effects  studies; clinical  and epidemiological investigations;  engi-
     neering and  process evaluations; studies involving laboratory simulation of environ-
     mental events; and studies or measurements on pollutant transport and fate; and
     modeling.

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1.4,2   Project Officer - That  inc.vidual who  is assigned technical responsibility
from  the  inception  of the requirement  through its completion and close-out of
the contract under  which the requirement was satisfied.
1.4.3  QA Officer -  That  individual who is assigned the responsibility for  overview
and guidance  of the QA program for an organization or for a specific project.
The  QA  Officer  must  be in  a  position to  provide  independent  and  objective
evaluations  and assessments  of  the  effectiveness  of the  QA  program,  and to
provide timely feedback  and  recommendations,

1.4.4  Contracting Officer - That individual who is assigned the responsibility for
assuring that  contracting is done as authorized  by  law and regulation.

1.4.5  QA Program Plan - A written document  prepared by offeror/awardee which
presents, in general  terms, the overall policies,  organization,  objectives, functional
responsibilities  (within  the organization),  and  general  procedures designed  to
achieve data  quality goals.

1.4.6   QA Project  Plan  -  A written document  prepared  by offeror/awardee for
a specified  project which details  the policies, organization,  objectives, functional
activities, and  specific  QA and  quality control (QC) procedures  and activities
designed  to achieve data quality goals or  requirements.   The QA project plan
includes procedures  to  be used to  routinely  assess  data precision,  accuracy,
completeness, representativeness,  and comparability of the  measurements  involved.
1.4.7   QA Performance  Audit   A quantitative  analysis or check  with  a  material
or device with  known  properties or characteristics.  Such  audits are performed
periodically to determine the  accuracy of a measurement system.

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     1.4.8  QA System Audit - A systematic on-site qualitative review of facilities,
     equipment, training, procedures, record-keeping, data validation, data management,
     and  reporting aspects of the  total (QA) system.
     QA  plans and  audits  are  required to assess the capability  of  the  measurement
     system  of offerer  to  generate data  to  the required quality or  to determine
     compliance of  an awardee with the  QA requirements  of the contract.

                2.   QUALITY  ASSURANCE REVIEW (CONTRACTS)
     To assist Project Officers (PO)  and QA Officers in planning and decision making
concerning QA for  their projects  (contracts),  QA Form,  QAR-C, has  been  designed
(Appendix).   Although  the PO  has  responsibility for his  project and is the official
contact with the Contracting Officer, the  PO must obtain  agreement from the appro-
priate  QA Officer on all matters affecting  QA.
      The QA Officer for the  contract requesting office  should assure that the QA
Officers of all other substantially involved Program  and Regional offices and Labora-
tories are notified  and given a review opportunity if they desire.   When several Regions
are involved,  the  QAMS  will serve as the review coordinator and  will designate one
or  more  representatives from  the  Regional  QA Officers  to  assist in  the review.
2.1  Statement of Work
The  QA  Officer  will  assure  that  the Statement  of  Work  includes  as  much  specific
guidance  and  criteria as  possible  about  the quality of environmental  measurements
expected.   Whenever possible, the  following areas must  be covered:
     L  The intended use of  the data and the associated acceptance criteria
        for data  quality.

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2.1  Statement of Work (Continued)

     2.  The  minimum  requirements  for precision,  accuracy, representa-

         tiveness, completeness, and comparability.

     3.  Selection of sampling sites and collection of samples.

     4.  Sample  identification, preservation, transportation, and storage.

     5.  Selection of analytical methods.
                                        *

     6.  Standard QA/QC procedures to be followed.

     7.  Other Standard  Operating Procedures and protocols to be followed

         by the contractor.

     8.  Data reduction and reporting.


All appropriate publications  must  be identified  and  any specific  EPA publications to

be used should be included in  the  RFP.


2.2  Contracts (Preaward)

Prior to  release  of  the  purchase request to Procurement  and Contracts Management

Division,  the  PO  must  determine  if the  project  involves   the  generation  of

environmentally-related  measurement data.   If so, the  PO  must delineate  the  QA

requirements,  approved by the QA Officer, which each  offerer  must include in the
                                                              •
proposal.  The following  will be included as requirements  of the  special instructions

and will  be  submitted  as part  of the offerers' proposals:

     o A QA  program plan as described in Section 2.2.1.

     o Agreement  to  participate  in  Performance Audits  using selected QC

       reference samples/devices or agreement to document recent performance

       on such samples.   Such reference samples or  devices will be supplied

       by EPA at no cost to  the  offerers.*

*Please see  footnote on following  page.

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2.2  Contracts (Preavvard/Continued)

     o Agreement" to permit  a  QA  System  Audit by  EPA  of-  the  offerers'

       organization,  and operations.*


Each of these preaward requirements of the RFP must be included in the RFP evaluation

criteria.   The offerer  will  assure  that the requirements  for QA  project  plans, QA

performance  audits,  and QA system  audits are met by any proposed subcontractors.


      2.2.1   QA Program Plan.   The  offerer will include in the proposal the

     following information concerning management of the QA program  for the

     projects:

     1.   A statement of policy concerning the organization's commitment to

         implement a QA program to  assure generation of measurement data

         of adequate quality to meet contract requirements.

     2.  An organizational chart  showing the position  of a  QA person within

         the  organization.  It is highly desirable  that  the  QA person  be

         independent of  the functional groups which  generate measurement

         data.

     3.  A delineation of the authority and responsibilities of  the QA person

         and the related data quality  responsibilities of the functional groups

         of the organization.

     2.2.2  QA  Project Plan.  The offerer may be required  to submit, as part of the

     technical proposal,  a proposed QA  project  plan for the  effort  required  by the

     contract.  This QA  project plan  will include the  QA system  of proposed sub-

     contractors.   If not  required as  a part of the technical proposal, a QA project

     plan must  be submitted as  a  separate, identifiable  part of the A'.vardee's  v:or'<

     plan (see Section 2.3).


"The requirement  for QA  Performance Audits and QA System  Audits may be limited
to offerers in the competitive range.

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 EPA's  "Guidelines  and  Specifications  for Preparing Quality Assurance Project
 Plans"  (QAMS-005/80) will be included as part of the RFP.   A QA project plan
 must address the following:
 L  Title Page, with provision for approval signatures
 2.   Table of Contents
 3.   Project  Descriptions
 4.   Project  Organization(s) and  Responsibilities
 5.   QA Objectives for Measurement Data,  in terms  of precision, accu-
     racy,  completeness,  representativeness, and comparability
 6.   Sampling Procedures
 7.   Sample  Custody
 8.   Calibration Procedures, References, and Frequency
 9.   Analytical Procedures
10.   Data Reduction, Validation,  and Reporting
1L  Internal  QC Checks and Frequency
12.   QA  Performance Audits,  System Audits, and Frequency
13.   QA  Reports  to  Management
14.   Preventive Maintenance Procedures and Schedule
15.   Specific  Procedures  to be used to routinely  assess  data precision,
     representativeness, comparability, accuracy, and completeness of the
     specific  measurement  parameters involved.   This  section  will be
     required for  all QA project  plans.
16.   Corrective Action
 2.2.3   QA System Audit.  Offerers will  be informed in  the  RFP that  they may
 be  required to permit an on-site  system  audit  as  a  part  of  preaward evaluation
 and during the period  of contract performance.

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     2.2.4  OA Performance Audits.  The  inclusion of performance audits  in the  RFP

     and contract will depend on the availability of QC reference materials or  devices

     for the measurements to be  made.  In the event  that no routine  QC reference

     materials or devices are available for the measurements involved, consideration

     should be given  to the use  of common  samples (or split samples) for cross-

     comparisons of results from offerers with those of EPA.

     2.2.5  Preaward QA Evaluation.  Section IV of  Form  QAR-C is  designed  to  plan

     for the  evaluation  of  the  QA aspects of the offerer's  proposal,  including  the

     following:

           1.  QA Program Plan

           2.  QA Project Plan

           3.  QA Performance Audits

           4.  QA System Audits

     The relative weight of each required QA factor  is  determined and entered on

     forms such that the total of the required  QA items is 100.  In turn, the relative

     importance  of  these QA items must be specified  in  relation  to the  total of all

     evaluation factors.


     The contract proposals  will be evaluated  for  the  items indicated  in Section IV

     of Form QAR-C.  Further,  the  QA requirements will  be  e'valuated  in relation to

     the other factors as indicated in Section IV of  QAR-C.  The proposal evaluation

     team will include the QA  Officer.

2.3  Contracts (Award)

In reviewing the QA  requirements for the awarded contract, the PO  will,  in accordance

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*         with Section 2.1, delineate the needs of the project for various QA activities throughout
          the  duration  of  the contract.  The contractor will be  required  to extend  the  QA
          requirements  of  the contract  to  all subcontractors.   A  complete  and  detailed  ?A
          project plan will  be required to be submitted as a deliverable  item.   The QA project
          plan will be approved by the PO and the  QA Officer and shall be adhered to.  Provisions
>         will be made in  the contract for formal approval of any  subsequent revisions of the
          QA  project plan.
                2.3.1   Preaward QA  Evaluation.  Section IV  of Form QARC will serve  to show
>               that  all preaward QA requirements have been fulfilled and the form  will be sent
                to  the Contracting Officer to  be  placed  in the  contract  file.
                2.3.2   QA  Reports.   Contracts of short  duration may require only a  final QA
fc       -        report.  Contracts of longer  duration may require  periodic QA reports.   The QA
                reports  will be separately identified from other  contractually required reports
                and should  contain  such  information as:
*   "                 1.  Changes to QA program  plan
                     2.  Status of  completion  of  QA project plan
                     3.  Measures  of data quality from the project
*                    4.  Significant quality problems, quality accomplishments,
                         and  status of corrective actions
                     5.  Results of QA  performance audits
P                    6.  Results of QA  system audits
                     7.  Assessment of data quality in terms of precision, accuracy,
                         completeness, representativeness, and comparability
                     8.  Quality-related training

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     2.3.3   Level of  Effort  Type Contracts.   For  work assignment  (or  technical
     directives)  types of contracts, a basic QA project plan will  initially  be prepared
     by the contractor to cover, in general, the major types of tasks  anticipated which
     involve environmental measurements.  This basic QA project plan will be approved
     by the PO and QA Officer.  For each work assignment, that portion  of  the basic
     QA project plan which is applicable  will  be  identified and  amended or revised,
     as necessary, and will be approved before measurements are  initiated.  As a  very
     minimum,  the  procedures to be  used to assess data precision, accuracy,  and
     completeness must be  specified.

                        3.   QUALITY  ASSURANCE REVIEW
                         (INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS)

     Form QAR-IA is to be used by the PO and the QA  Officer in planning the QA
requirements for interagency agreements.    Although Interagency Agreements do not
involve  RFPs,  the QA  requirements  are  similar  to those  for awarded  contracts.
Therefore, the  discussions  and  considerations included  under Section  2,  Contracts
(Award), apply to  interagency agreements.
                                4.  BIBLIOGRAPHY
     The following EPA documents  or regulations provide  guidance on establishing QA
programs  for  environmental measurement  projects  for various media  or pollutants.
There are many  other reference  works  also  available.
4J   General
     1.   Strategy  for the Implementation  of  the  EPA's  Mandatory Quality
         Assurance Program, QAMS-001/80

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4.2   Air

1.  EPA-600/9-76-005'


2.   EPA-600/4-77-027a



3.   EPA-600/4-77-027b



4.   EPA-600/4-76-044


5.   Regulation

4.3   Water

1.  EPA-660/4-019


2.   EPA-600/4-78-017
3.  EPA-600/4-75-008
    NTIS-PB-253258/AS

4.  EPA-600/8-78-008
5.  EPA-600/8-78-017


6.  EPA-600/4-79-020


7.  EPA-600/2-79-046


8.  Regulation

9.  Regulation

10.  Regulation
Quality Assurance Handbook  for Air Pollution-Measurement
Systems.  Volume I, Principles O.]arc*, 1976)

Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution  Measurement
Systems.   Volume  n,  Ambient Air Specific Methods (May,
1977)

Quality Assurance  Handbook  for Air  Pollution Measurment
Systems.   Volume  in,  Stationary Source Specific Methods
(August, 1977)

The EPA  Program  for the  Standardization  of Stationary
Source Emission Test Methodology—A  Review (August, 1976)

 Federal Register, May 10, 1979, Appendices A <5c B
 Handbook for  Analytical  Quality  Control in Water and
 Wastewater  Laboratories (March, 1979)

 Procedures for  the Evaluation of Environmental Monitoring
 Laboratories (March, 1978)

 Interim  Radiochemistry Methodology  for  Drinking Water
 (March,  1976)

 Manual  for the  Interim  Certification   of  Laboratories
 Involved  in Analyzing  Public  Drinking  Water  Supplies,
 Criteria, and Procedures  (August, 1978)

  Microbiological Methods  for Monitoring the Environment
  (December, 1978)

   Methods  for  Chemical  Analysis -of Water  and Wastes
   (March, 1979)

   Quality Assurance Guidelines for IERL-CI  Project Officers
   (December, 1979)

   Federal Register, December 1, 1976

   Federal Register, November 29, 1979

   Federal Register,  December 18, 1979

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4.4  Radiation

1.  EPA-600/4-78-033 •  -
   NTIS-PB-288931/AS

2.   EPA-600/4-78-032
    NTIS-PB-284850/AS

3.   EPA-600/7-77-088
    TVA-E-EP-77-4
    NTIS-PB-277254/9BE

4.5  Solid Wastes

4.6  Toxic Substances

4.7  Pesticides

1.  EPA-600/1-79-008
2.  Environmental
    Toxicology Division,
    Health Effects
    Research Laboratory,
    U.S. EPA, Research
    Triangle  Park, NC
4.8  Health Research

L   EPA-600/1-79-013
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Radioactivity Standards Distribution Program 1978-1979 (June,
1973)

 Environmental   Radioactivity  Laboratory  Intercomparison
 Studies Program 1978-1979 (June,  1978)

 Handbook for Analytical  Quality Control and  Radioactivity
 Analytical Laboratories (August, 1977)
 Manual  of  Analytical  Quality  Control for Pesticides  and
 Related Compounds  in  Human  and Environmental  Samples
 (January, 1979)

 Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Human and Environmental
 Samples—A  Compilation of  Methods  Selected  for  Use in
 Pesticide Monitoring Programs
 Guides  for Quality  Assurance  in  Environmental  Health
 Research  (January, 1979)

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            APPENDIX



QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW FORMS

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                  QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW FOR'INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS
I.  GENERAL INFORMATION

    1.  Descriptive Title:
    2.  Sponsoring Program Office:
    3.  Approximate Dollar Amount:
    4.  Duration:
II.  DESCRIPTION OF WORK

THIS AGREEMENT REQUIRES ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
                                                                   Yes      No
III.  QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS
        (Projects requiring environmental measurements)            Yes      No

    1.  A written QA plan is required and is to be included in               ,
        the interagency agreement or identified by reference in
        the interagency agreement.                                  X      	


    2.  Audit samples or devices are available for the parameters
        relevant to this project (see list on reverse side).      	    	
    3.  Performance on available audit samples or devices are
        required:

                Prior to agreement
                During project performance
                (See schedule on reverse side)

    4.  An on-site evaluation of performing agency's facilities
        will be made to determine that a QA system is operational
        and the capability exists for successful completion of
        this project:

                Prior to agreement
                During project performance
                (see schedule on reverse side)

    5.  Periodic and final QA reports are required.
    QAMS Form QAR-IA, Revision No. 1, 1983
    (For EPA Internal Use Only)

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 Side 2  of Form QAR-IA
 QA Performance Audits or Split Sample Comparisons
     Parameter
     Measured
 1.

 2.

 3.

 4.

 5.

 6.

 7.

 8.

 9.

10.
  QC Reference
Sample or Device
   Available
  (Yes or No)
 Split Samples
      for
Cross-Comparison
  (Yes or No)
  Planned Schedule
      During
Interagency Agreement
(Performance  (On-site
 Eval.)         Eval.)
 Planned Dates for QA Systems Audits

 Preaward     During Agreements
                                  Planned Audit Team
 QA Reports Schedule;

 Progress Reports 	

 Final Report 	
 Project Officer;
                        QA Officer:
 Signature
        Date
  Signature
       Date
 After signatures,  a copy of this form must accompany the funding package sent to
 the Grants Administration Office and a copy placed on file with the QA Officer.
 QAMS Form QAR-IA
 (For EPA Internal Use Only)

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                  QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW'FOR CONTRACTS
I.  GENERAL" INFORMATION

    Descriptive Title:

    Sponsoring Program Office:

    Approximate Dollar Amount:

    Duration:
II.  THIS CONTRACT REQUIRES ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
     (If yes, complete form; if no, sign form and submit     Yes     No
     with procurement request)
III.  QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
      (Project involving environmental measurements)         Yes	No

      a.  Submission of a written quality assurance (QA)
          program plan (commitment of the offerer's
          management to meet the QA requirements of the
          scope of work) is to be included in the
          contract proposal.                               	

      b.  Submission of a written QA project plan is to
          be included in the contract proposal or be a
          deliverable within a time specified by the       	
          Agency.

      c.  Performance on available audit samples or
          devices shall be required as part of the
          evaluation criteria (see list on reverse side).  	

      d.  On-site evaluation of proposer's facilities
          will be made to ensure that a QA program is
          operational and exhibits the capability for
          successful completion of this project (see
          schedule on reverse side).                       	

      e.  OA reports will be required (see schedule on
          reverse side).
QAMS Form QAR-C, Revision No. 2, 1983

(For EPA Internal Use Only)

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Side 2 of Form QAR-C
IV.  DETERMINATION (Projects involving environmental measurements)

     Percentage of technical evaluation points assigned to QA   	
     Project Officer estimate of percentage of cost
     allocated to environmental measurements
V. Audit Requirements
Parameter
Measured

QC Reference
Sample or Device
Available
(Yes or No)
Split Samples
for
Cross-Comparison
(Yes or No)
Required
for
Preward
(Yes or No)
FREQUENCY
During Contract
(Perfor- (On-site
                                                                  mance Eval.)  Eval.)
                                                     during contract:
QA System Audits are required:  Preward	:

QA Reports are required:  With Progress Reports _

The signatures below verify that the QA requirements have been established.
                                                       :  with Final Report
Project Officer;
                                         QA Officer:
Signature
                         Date
Signature
Date
After signatures, a copy of this form must be sent to the Contracts Office and
a copy placed on file with the QA Officer.	
QAMS Form QAR-C

(For EPA Internal Use Only)

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