Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Ardurra Group, Inc. − waiver
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 for approval of an award on the basis of successful negotiations with the best evaluated vendor(s) and that the County Judge execute an agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc. - waiver in the amount of $7,000,000 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, 2024 - June 3, 2026 with three (3) one-year renewal options, and that the court grant a waiver of technicality for the indicated vendor which owed County taxes when the responses were received and is now current on taxes (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 with five selected. Ardurra Group was one of the five selected firms who will provide staff augmentation for multiple individual projects.
Expected Impact:
Ardurra Group’s staff augmentation contract will 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 staff augmentation firms selected 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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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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2/27/24 |
495 |
Authorization to Negotiate Approved |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
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 |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Non-Labor |
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Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Request |
$ |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
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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: 6/4/2024
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: Yesenia Martinez, Commissioners Court Coordinator, Flood Control District, Jared Abbey, Senior Buyer, Harris County Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter