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: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Ardurra Group, Inc.
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 28.82%
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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Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent for approval of a renewal option with Ardurra Group, Inc. for 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 June 4, 2026 - June 3, 2027, at a cost of $12,000,000 (230458), MWBE Contracted Goal: 20%, MWBE Current Participation: 28.82%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) has received approximately $868M in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Texas General Land Office (GLO). These CDBG-MIT and CDBG-DR projects have short project durations to expend all the grant funds.
Staff augmentation is needed to assist the Flood Control District in delivering these grant programs, including project management consultants during all project phases and construction management and inspection consultants during the construction phase of these projects. An RFQ was developed, and...
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