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: Transmittal
Project ID (if applicable): 250392
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Northtex Construction, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 32.98%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Transmittal by the Office of the Purchasing Agent of award of a CDBG-DR/CDBG-MIT Program project on the basis of low bid to Northtex Construction, LLC in the amount of $18,571,181 for excavation and clearing of East T.C. Jester Stormwater Detention Basin for the Flood Control District and for the County Clerk to execute any applicable bonds to be received (250392), MWBE Contracted Goal: 32.98%.
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Background and Discussion:
Extensive and record flooding occurred in the Brays Bayou watershed in Hurricane Harvey in 2017. There is a need for stormwater detention volume in the watershed to reduce flood risk to the surrounding densely populated neighborhoods. This project will create stormwater detention volume within the Brays Bayou watershed. Keegans Bayou Stormwater Detention Basin Phase 1 project (project ID: D518-03-00-E002) consists of the construction of a SWDB, on land owned by HCFCD (Lots 6 and 7), immediately north of Keegans Bayou east of Synott Road and approximately 1000 LF south of Old Richmond in southwest Houston, approximately five miles north of Sugarland, Texas. The Project encompasses approximately 16-acres of land and includes the construction of a 114.15 ac-ft bermed wet-bottom SWDB (above the permanent pool elevation), a 129-foot...
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