Specifications include, but are not limited to: Columbia County, acting by and through the authority of the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners, (“County”), is issuing this Request for Proposals for one or more qualified franchisees to furnish all labor, equipment, materials, and tools required to perform Ambulance Transportation Services for those in need of service within the County’s service areas. Franchisees are required to ensure that properly trained and certified personnel will provide timely emergency medical services to patients at the scene of their illness or injury, and then transport the patient to an appropriate treatment facility in the shortest practicable time utilizing safe, reliable, and clean vehicles, and provide the most reliable, safe and effective pre-hospital care services to those served.