Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 210317
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences; Berkeley Research Group, LLC; Civis Analytics, Inc.; Elite Research, LLC; Ernst & Young, LLP; Guidehouse Inc.; January Advisors; KPMG LLP; Luminosity, Inc.; PFM Group Consulting LLC; Protiviti, Inc.; Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc.; Rite Software Solutions & Services LLC; RSM US LLP; The Boston Consulting Group, Inc; William Marsh Rice University
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a renewal option with American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences; Berkeley Research Group, LLC; Civis Analytics, Inc.; Elite Research, LLC; Ernst & Young, LLP; Guidehouse Inc.; January Advisors; KPMG LLP; Luminosity, Inc.; PFM Group Consulting LLC; Protiviti, Inc.; Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc.; Rite Software Solutions & Services LLC; RSM US LLP; The Boston Consulting Group, Inc; and William Marsh Rice University for applied research and data analysis, strategic planning and management strategies and other services for Harris County for the period of April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026, at a cost of $10,000,000 (210317).
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Background and Discussion:
On March 22, 2022, Commissioners Court provided preliminary approval of contract awards subject to final
approval from Commissioners court upon the development of scopes of services with the following vendors:
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences; Berkeley Research Group, LLC; Civis Analytics, Inc.;
Elite Research, LLC; Ernst & Young, LLP; Guidehouse Inc.; January Advisors; KPMG LLP; Luminosity, Inc.; PFM
Group Consulting LLC; Protiviti, Inc.; Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc.; Rite Software Solutions & Services LLC;
RSM US LLP; William Marsh Rice University; and The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. for applied research and
data analysis, strategic planning and management strategies, and other services for Harris County as needed
for the period of March 22, 2022 - March 31, 2023 with four one -year renewal options, and the County
reserves the right to negotiate with other offerors if unable to agree to executable contracts. Job No. 210317
resulted in a vendor pool multi- award resulting from the RFP process, subsequently, subprojects have
successfully resulted from the project award, and all have been presented and approved by Court.
Expected Impact:
Renewal of this slate of qualified firms, that can provide consulting services on an as-needed basis, will
continue streamline project processes and shorten project delivery timelines. There is no fiscal impact for this
item at this time as the firms will continue to be engaged and paid after being selected for specific projects in
the future.
Alternative Options:
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Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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03/22/2022 |
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Award Contract |
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03/14/2023 |
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1st Renewal |
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3/26/2024 |
347 |
2nd Renewal |
Location: N/A
Address (if applicable): N/A
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Anticipated Court Date: 3/27/2025
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: Kennedy Harden, Buyer, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter