THE CITY OF HAMPTON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND HAMPTON CITY SCHOOLS IS SEEKING PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED OFFERORS TO PROVIDE MATERIAL TESTING CONSULTING SERVICES TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, TESTING, ANALYSIS, STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, MINOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN (PAVEMENT, FOOTING, ETC.) AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES ON AN ON-CALL AS NEEDED BASIS. The City of Hampton is not responsible for late delivery by the United States Postal Service or any other courier. All inquiries for information regarding this RFP are to be directed to the Issuing Office as defined herein. THIS IS NOT AN ORDER. The City of Hampton, hereafter referred to as "the City", reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals in whole or in part and waives any informality in the competitive negotiation process. Further, the City reserves the right to enter into any one or more contracts deemed to be in its best interest. The entire contents of the RFP, and addenda, offeror's proposal and negotiated changes shall be incorporated by reference into any resulting contract. The City of Hampton anticipates awarding multiple contracts to more than one, but not to exceed three qualified prime consultant firms as a result of this Request for Proposal. The contracts will be negotiated and awarded in accordance with the procedure set forth in the current Manual for the Procurement & Management of Professional Services at the time of advertisement. The City of Hampton does not discriminate against an offeror because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other basis prohibited by state law relating to discrimination in employment. State and/or federal funding will be available for services under this contract. Therefore, the selected offeror(s) will be subject to all applicable state and/or federal regulations including but not limited to a successful Virginia Department of Transportation pre-award audit. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.