Legislation Details

File #: 26-2698    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Purchase Order Status: Passed
File created: 4/17/2026 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 4/30/2026 Final action: 4/30/2026
Title: Request for approval of a Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) BuyBoard Cooperative Program purchase on the basis of lowest quote meeting specifications to GenServe, LLC in the amount of $613,734 for mobile diesel generator units for Precinct 3, Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: Exempt - Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement.

Primary Department: Purchasing

Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD

 

Secondary Department: Commissioner, Precinct 3

Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Tom Ramsey

 

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Purchase Order

 

Project ID (if applicable): N/A

Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): GenServe, LLC

 

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A

MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A

Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal:  Exempt - Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement

 

Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):

Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Choose an item.

 

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):

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Request for approval of a Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) BuyBoard Cooperative Program purchase on the basis of lowest quote meeting specifications to GenServe, LLC in the amount of $613,734 for mobile diesel generator units for Precinct 3, Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: Exempt - Interlocal/Cooperative Agreement.

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Background and Discussion:

These three additional mobile generators will allow Precinct 3 to have coverage over all major geographic areas in the event of a natural disaster or outage.

 

Expected Impact:

N/A

 

Alternative Options:

N/A

 

County Strategic Plan Goal:  5. Minimize the impact of climate change and disasters.

County Strategic Plan Objective: S: Equitably reduce the health, economic, and other impacts of climate change and disasters.

Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):  Choose an item.

Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):  Choose an item.

Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.

Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.

Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): R1: Embed resiliency hubs within vulnerable communities to increase access to emergency resources.

Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.

 

Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:

 

Prior Court Action (if any):

Date

Agenda Item #

Action Taken

8/6/24

85

Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for Emergency Generator Installations project for an initial amount of $38,900,000, including transferring $1,478,741 in authorization from the Precinct 3 Generators project, and an initial commercial paper allocation of $1,480,000 to be transferred from the Precinct 3 Generators project.

 

Location:

Address (if applicable):

Precinct(s): Precinct 3

 

Fiscal and Personnel Summary

Service Name

 

 

 

Current Fiscal Year Cost

Annual Fiscal Cost

 

Labor

Non-Labor

Total

Recurring Expenses

Funding Sources

 

Existing Budget

 

 

 

 

Commercial Paper

$

$

$613,734

$

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$

$

$

$

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$

$

$

$

Total Existing Budget

$

$

$613,734

$

Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form)

 

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

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$

$

$

$

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$

$

$

$

Total Additional Budget Request

$

$

$

$

Total Funding Sources

$

$

$613,734

$

Grants - Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only)

 

Labor

Non-Labor

Total

No. of Grant Years

Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Choose an item.

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$

$

 

Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Choose an item.

$

$

$

 

Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total)

$

$

$

 

Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new Position Control Numbers (PCN)s)

 

Current Position Count for Service

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Additional Positions Request

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Total Personnel

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County Attorney’s Office Legal Review (for Harris County Code Items only)

CAO Reviewer Name and Title

 

CAO Review Completion Date

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Anticipated Court Date: 4/30/2026

 

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.

 

Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item

 

Contact(s) name, title, department: Roger McKoy, Budget & Finance, and David Pulpan, Building Maintenance; Sheila Rodriguez, Senior Buyer, Purchasing

 

Attachments (if applicable): Letter, Bid tab