Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) requires a Contractor for daily technical support at the Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network Egbert site in Ontario herein referred to as the CAPMoN Site.
The primary focus of the CAPMoN Site is the daily collection of precipitation. There is also a requirement for air, ozone, PM Mass, Mercury in Precipitation, Total Gaseous Mercury (TGM), CASTNET, and IMPROVE sampling. Environmental data is collected from both automatic and manual samplers. A contractor is required to attend to the CAPMoN Site to retrieve the air and precipitation samples according to the CAPMoN Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The air, PM Mass, and precipitation samples are then packaged and shipped for analysis to the CAPMoN National Laboratory located in Toronto, Ontario, every week. The Mercury in Precipitation, CASTNet and IMPROVE samples must be shipped to their respective laboratories. Other duties include daily reading and recording of various gauges, diagnostics, and regular servicing, troubleshooting, and minor repair of a variety of monitoring equipment.
