On-Call Solid Waste and Recycling Consulting Services

By way of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the County of Tuolumne through its Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division (“County”) intends to pre-qualify and establish multiple on-call contract(s) for miscellaneous solid waste and recycling consulting services. California law and federal law provide specific employment restrictions for retirees and/or current County employees that desire to contract with the County. For CalPERS retirees: if the work you will perform as a contractor is the same or similar to work you performed as an active employee or is work that is performed by active employees, it is most likely subject to the PERS retired annuitant restrictions, meaning the employment is disallowed and the County will not be able to enter into a contract with you. For current County employees: California and federal law prohibit a current employee from contracting with its employer while being an active employee. If an employee is interested in becoming an independent contractor, the employee must consider separation from employment with the County, however should the employee retire, he/she may be subject to the CalPERS retired annuitant laws. Should a current County employee respond to a RFQ while in active employment status, the employee must separate from employment prior to award of the contract. No County time is allowed to be used to prepare for or work on a response to a County RFQ.