Department: Flood Control District
Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): Z100-00-00-P031
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Fivengineering, LLC dba 5engineering
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 19.60%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an agreement with Fivengineering, LLC dba 5engineering, in the amount of $250,000, to provide engineering consulting services to augment the Flood Control District's staff for drainage report reviews. (Project ID Z100-00-00-P031, Agreement No. 2023-52, Countywide, MWDBE Contracted Goal: 19.60%).
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Background and Discussion:
The Watershed Department receives Drainage Impact Analyses (DIA) for Hydrology and Hydraulics review. DIA reviews are important in that they help ensure that proposed projects carried out by other jurisdictions and private entities do not adversely impact the flood risk of Harris County residents. The staff augmentation consultants support Watershed Department staff in reviewing these DIAs, especially when the reviews need to utilize specialized software such as XPSWMM.
Expected Impact:
This agreement will streamline review of Drainage Impact Analyses and decrease the average turnaround time. This is achieved by alleviating the backlog and workload of in-house reviewers.
Alternative Options:
One alternative would be to hire an in-house reviewer with background in the various other software packages necessary to complete the reviews, and to purchase licenses to each of those software packages. However, in the short term, Drainage Impact Analyses that utilize specialized software either could not be reviewed and would need to be put on hold or could only be reviewed in a limited way that does not involve utilizing ...
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