Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Negotiation
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): BGE, Inc.; Ardurra Group; WSP USA Inc.; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Quiddity Engineering, LLC
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent for approval on the basis of best overall evaluation and authorize negotiations with BGE, Inc.; Ardurra Group; WSP USA Inc.; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; and Quiddity Engineering, LLC 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, and the county, at its sole discretion, may discontinue negotiations and proceed to negotiate with the next ranking vendor(s) if unable to agree on an executable contract (230458), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 20%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) anticipates receiving approximately 46 Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants from the Texas General Land Office. 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. These five selected firms will provide staff augmentation for multiple individual projects.
Expected Impact:
The multiple staff augmentation contracts will be authorized to provide the Harris County Flood Control District with staff augmentation to assist with completing these CDBG projects that have short durations.
Alternative Options:
The alternative would be to not utilize these staff augmentation firms which would delay the completion of the CDBG projects and loose funding due to not meeting critical deadlines.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
X Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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12/5/2024 |
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Advertisement of Project Approved |
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: February 27, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Carl Woodward, Special Projects Manager Harris County Flood Control District, Jared Abbey, Senior Buyer, Harris County Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter