Specifications include, but are not limited to: Qualified geotechnical engineering, materials testing, and special inspection firms to provide various services for SMUD’s Grid Assets Business Unit. SMUD intends to award one or more 3 year contract(s) to the highest rated proposer(s). The Contractor shall provide SMUD with labor, materials and equipment necessary to make various tests and perform various services within SMUD’s service area, which includes the cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova, and Sacramento as well as Sacramento County. However, on occasion, work may also be performed at SMUD’s hydroelectric facilities in El Dorado and Placer Counties, or the Wind Generating facility in Solano County.