Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Flood Control District
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Quiddity Engineering, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Choose an item.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Quiddity Engineering, LLC in the additional amount of $5,000,000 for additional professional engineering services to provide program management, project management, construction management, and inspection services for the development and implementation of CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT projects for the Flood Control District for the period of August 6, 2024 - August 5, 2026 (230458), MWBE Contracted Goal: 20%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) has received Community Development Block
Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants
from the Texas General Land Office, who administers the grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. These CDBG-MIT and CDBG-DR projects (Projects) have short project durations to
expend all the grant funds.
Staff augmentation is needed to assist the Flood Control District by managing engineering consultants during
the design phase and supply staff augmentation during the construction phase of these projects. An RFQ was
developed, and eleven (11) engineering firms submitted with five selected. QUIDDITY ENGINEERING LLC was...
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