The City of Albany (hereinafter referred to as the “CITY”) hereby requests Proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide ecological consulting services for the Albany Landfill, ecosystem mitigation, restoration, and enhancement plan on an as-needed and non-exclusive basis. 1.2 The selected Proposer will be responsible, in part, for competitively bidding discrete portions of the work, competitively bidding the procurement of project required materials and products, performing specialized ecological restoration work, negotiating with regulatory agencies, and managing all aspects of the project schedule and budget on behalf of the CITY. 1.3 The CITY expects the selected Proposer to work closely with the CITY’s consulting engineers who are overseeing the landfill construction. Minority Business Enterprises and Women’s Business Enterprises are encouraged to submit Proposals.