Specifications include, but are not limited to: The MDOT MTA requires the services of consultants to provide engineering and technical services necessary for the design of track projects, including preparation of contract documents, inspection, laboratory testing, track performance assessment for repairs and modifications, evaluation of maintenance criteria and improvement recommendations, instrumentation, research studies and other miscellaneous services for the MDOT MTA on an “as needed” task order basis. Specialty work may be required for tasks such as maintenance forecasting, development of mathematical models, dynamic analysis of track, metallurgical, elastomeric and petrographic analysis and various other tasks.