Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): 230408
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Stuart Consulting Group, Inc.; Ardurra Group, Inc.
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent for approval on the basis of best evaluated response(s) received and authorize negotiations with Stuart Consulting Group, Inc. and Ardurra Group, Inc. for professional engineering services to provide program management, construction management, inspection, and environmental engineering services for the development and implementation of CDBG-MIT projects for the Office of the County Engineer, and the county, at its sole discretion, may discontinue negotiations and proceed to negotiate with the next ranking vendor(s) if unable to agree on an executable contract (230408), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 20%.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County Engineering Department has recommended 10 disaster recovery projects to be funded by the CDBG-MIT grant valued at approximately $150,000,000. The 10 projects are ambitiously planned to be delivered over a 4 year period. To effectively deliver the projects within this accelerated timeframe, management resources are required, including external personnel for Program Management, Project Management (Design and Construction) and Construction inspection. Additionally, external resources are required to perform environmental studies to support grant application approval.
Expected Impact:
Successful management of the CDBG-MIT funded projects with federally procured Professional Engineering Services is a step in the process to construct projects which seek to reduce flood risk and ...
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