Specifications include, but are not limited to: Expert witness services to assist in formulating and presenting its recommendations on the aesthetic impacts of various telecommunications, and electric transmission and generation projects. The Department anticipates that the selected contractors hired in connection with this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) will perform a detailed review of the aesthetic impacts and impacts on orderly development resulting from proposed projects and will develop and present a recommendation to the PUC. The review will take place primarily in the context of contested administrative proceedings, through formal and informal discovery and field inspection as needed. The consultants will be expected to assist Department staff in preparing written discovery requests and deposition questions. In addition, the selected contractors will be expected to provide written testimony presenting the results of the review, and to defend the same through discovery responses and cross-examination. The selected contractors must also be able to assist with preparation of legal briefs and proposed findings as needed.