The City is soliciting Qualification Statements from interested persons and/or firms for the provision of CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES, as more particularly described herein. Through this Request for Qualification process, persons and/or firms interested in providing the City with such services must prepare and submit a Qualification Statement in accordance with the procedures and schedules in this RFQ. The City will review Qualification Statements only from those firms that submit a Qualification Statement which includes all the information required to be included as described herein (in the sole judgment of the City). The RFQ process commences with the issuance of this RFQ. The steps involved in the process and the anticipated completion dates are set forth in Table 1, Procurement Schedule. The City reserves the right to, among other things, amend, modify or alter the Procurement Schedule upon notice to all potential Respondents. All costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with responding to this RFQ shall be borne solely by the Respondent. The City reserves the right, in its sole judgment, to reject for any reason, any and all responses and components thereof and to eliminate any and all Respondents responding to this RFQ from further consideration for this procurement. The City reserves the right, in its sole judgment, to reject any Respondent that submits incomplete responses to this RFQ, or a Qualification Statement that is not responsive to the requirements of this RFQ. The City reserves the right, without prior notice, to supplement, amend, or otherwise modify this RFQ, or otherwise request additional information. All Qualification Statements shall become the property of the City and will not be returned. All Qualification Statements will be made available to the public at the appropriate time, as determined by the City, in the exercise of its sole discretion, in accordance with applicable law. The City may request Respondents to send representatives to the City for interviews. During the period provided for the preparation of responses to the RFQ, the City may issue addenda, amendments or answers to written inquiries. Those addenda will be noticed by the City and will constitute a part of the RFQ. All responses to the RFQ shall be prepared with full consideration of the addenda issued prior to the proposal submission date.