Primary Department: Flood Control District
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): Z100-00-00-Y148
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Atkins Realis USA Inc.
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 25%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 25%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of amendment No. 3 to an agreement with Atkins Realis USA Inc. (formerly Atkins North America, Inc.) in the additional amount of $990,000, to provide staff augmentation services for the scheduling and systems integration for project controls (Agreement No. 2019-144, Countywide, MWBE Contracted Goal: 25%, MWBE Current Participation: 25%).
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Background and Discussion:
Staff augmentation services performed will aid in the development and maintenance of the 2018 Bond Program and CDBG Program schedules by providing staff augmentation personnel to Flood Control. Reporting and analysis of schedules have been provided to optimize project delivery and plan for durations and cost projections of flood reduction projects. Additionally, continuous improvement of scheduling processes and support of software implementations have been provided by the staff augmentation personnel.
Expected Impact:
Amending this agreement will allow for continuity of service and provide continued expertise for the CDBG Program project delivery optimization.
Alternative Options:
No viable alternatives exist outside of seeking alternative resources
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: H: Improve the condition and resilience of County transportation, flood control, and other infrastructure.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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2/26/19 |
N/A |
Execution of Agreement |
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9/10/19 |
N/A |
Execution of Amendment 1 to Agreement |
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11/14/23 |
93. |
Execution of Amendment 2 to Agreement |
Location: N/A
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
4.a.3 - Engineering Services |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Tax Revenue - FCD |
$ |
$990,000 |
$990,000 |
$ |
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$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
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$990,000 |
$990,000 |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
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Total Funding Sources |
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$990,000 |
$990,000 |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (To be filled out by Grants staff only) |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Choose an item. |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Choose an item. |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
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$ |
$ |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
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Additional Positions Request |
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Total Personnel |
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Anticipated Court Date: 2/13/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Yesenia Martinez, Commissioners Court Coordinator, Flood Control District
Attachments (if applicable): Agreement
Prepared by: (name, title, department, phone #) Kasey McCall, Performance & Project Controls
Briefing Information for Leadership
(For information requested below, feel free to use details from background and discussion section)
1. Project Scope (What is the scope of this Project ID? If relevant, use text from background and discussion section on previous pages to populate this response): This is a general agreement and is not project specific, as it supports all 2018 Bond Program and CDBG Program projects for schedule development and maintenance. This agreement provides the services of Robert Kennedy and TJ Bakare that work daily with our project teams and leadership to continuously maintain existing schedules, develop new schedules, and provide expertise in improving our scheduling processes.
2. Project Benefits (i.e., # of structures removed from floodplain, # of road miles with reduced flooding during flood events, acres of floodplain reduction, etc.): Overall benefit of the service is to provide scheduling management and optimization to continuously improve processes and accelerate schedules for increased efficiency in project delivery.
3. Bond ID and Bond Title (if applicable): Supports the entire 2018 Bond Program
4. Project Status (What efforts are underway and/or upcoming?) : Currently underway with services to all projects
5. Time to complete construction (Anticipated date of when construction will be completed and/or # of days needed to complete construction or N/A.): N/A
6. Precinct and stakeholder involvement (if applicable) (what efforts, if any, have the Precinct(s) and/or stakeholders undertaken regarding this project): N/A
7. Prioritization score and quartile (if available): N/A
8. Is this project funded by a federal/state/local partnership, if so please specify (i.e., FEMA, CDBG, EPA, TWDB, City of Houston, etc.): N/A
9. Any general discussion or background that should be mentioned: This is essential for continuation of scheduling efforts. The usage of staff augmentation for scheduling has been reduced through the years, but the expertise needed to lead scheduling will continue to be a service that will require Atkins to provide through currently assigned personnel.