Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Jesse Dickerman, Interim County Administrator
Managing Department: County Administration
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Jesse Dickerman, Interim County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Preliminary Investment Memo
Project Name: Jail Infrastructure Planning and Governance
Project ID (if applicable): TBD
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Incremental Authorization Requested: $1,253,180
Total Estimated Project Cost: $1,253,180 (for current phase, later costs TBD)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Preliminary Investment Memo for the Jail Infrastructure Planning and Governance project, for an initial amount of $1,253,180 and request for approval of initial commercial paper funding in the amount of $1,255,000.
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Project Description:
Harris County needs to plan long-term for its detention needs to maintain public safety, inmate safety, and to help minimize exposure to the legal system. As a part of planning for these needs, the Office of the County Administrator (OCA) is an RFQs to vendors to provide a needs assessment, gap analysis, and final recommendations on ways to reduce use of jail detention in Harris County. The contract includes the services of an architect on up to four recommendations for the expansion of or creation of new facilities including space planning, cost/benefit analysis, capital and operating expense, and designs for the spaces.
Before the contract is completed, the project will focus on conducting a gap analysis to assess whether identified ne...
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