By way of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the County of Tuolumne through its Department of Public Works (“County”) intends to pre-qualify and select up to four (4) firms (each, a “consultant”) from each category listed in Section Four “Scope of Services”: Surveying, Geotechnical, Environmental (Planning and Biological Resources), Hydrologic and Hydraulic, Cultural Resources, and Traffic Services. These firms will support the planning, design, and construction of various federal aid, state, and locally funded projects. Projects may include, but are not limited to, road improvements, safety improvement projects currently programmed with the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), bridge projects currently programmed with the Highway Bridge Program (HBP), Active Transportation Program (ATP) projects, and Emergency Relief Program (ER) projects. Firms responding to this RFQ should be fully familiar with and experienced in meeting the requirements of both State and Federal procedures pertaining to federally funded projects.