Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Wichita is requesting proposals from qualified vendors to provide quality assurance testing and independent witness testing of personnel for verification of the City's materials laboratory on state funded projects. The vendor must not supply construction materials or serve as a construction contractor to the City. It shall be incumbent on the Contractor to observe and comply with all new laws and regulations enacted during the term of this contract. An unbiased and independent verification through sampling and testing of materials for KDOT quality assurance is necessary to verify the reliability of the City of Wichita's materials lab quality control testing results, which are obtained in regular sampling and testing activities. Independent assurance testing (witnessing KT testing procedures) on lab personnel to assure that KDOT specified procedures are followed is also required.