Specifications include, but are not limited to: Augusta, Georgia is seeking qualification consultants to provide professional services for updating of the ARTS Regional Freight Plan for the Augusta Regional Transportation Study (ARTS) area. The purpose of the ARTS Freight Plan update is to review and reassess the existing 2008 Regional Freight Profile as well as identify strategic approaches to provide well-planned transportation investments to accommodate freight growth and logistics needs within the ARTS MPO area. Specific objectives include but are not limited: • Assist Richmond County staff in an overview discussion of current state and federal freight policies within the ARTS MPO area. • Complete and Inventory and Assessment as well as Best Practice report. • Complete analysis of the regional freight profile within and just outside the MPO boundary, including all maps. • Assist Richmond and Aiken County staff in re-evaluating projects identified but not implemented from the previous Freight Profile conducted in 2008. • Establish criteria to evaluate and rank freight improvements (Way to integrate freight transportation planning in the ARTS MTP, TIP, and CMP)