Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: County Engineer
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 240317
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Kitchell Contractors, Inc.
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 8.10%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
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 that the County Judge execute agreements with Kitchell Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $15,000 for the master term and conditions and the pre-construction services for construction manager at risk for the construction of the Sheriff's Office Swift Water Training Facility for the Office of the County Engineer, and for the County Clerk to execute any applicable bonds to be received, in connection with an award approved by Commissioners Court on January 23, 2025 (240317), MWBE Contracted Goal: 8.10%.
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Background and Discussion:
On 1/23/25 Kitchell Contractors, Inc. was approved on the basis of highest overall evaluation for construction manager at risk for the construction of the Sheriff’s Office swift water training facility located at 1731 Hugh Road, Houston, TX 77067.
Expected Impact:
This facility's construction is an effective measure to reduce financial and logistical processes for the county with approvals supporting In-Texas Travel and Training. As a result, staffing and funding currently supporting travel to another venue will be alleviated. This resource's impact will enable localized training for first responders faced with response to this environment. Additionally, this project will prioritize and equip our responders to manage waterborne evacuations and rescues. The construction of a facility in Harris County will allow us to train up to 1,600 personnel per year from all Harris County law enforcement agencies and regional partners.
Alternative Options:
The risk associated with alternatives leaves financial and logistical schedules impacting the department and programs associated with our responders. Personnel will be required to attend training with vendors resulting in impacts with loss of work related to travel. The conditional overlap of the department, vendor, and environmental schedules provides unknown or narrow windows of training opportunities and cannot support the year-round training environments achieved with this project.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 5. Minimize the impact of climate change and disasters.
County Strategic Plan Objective: R: Enhance disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resiliency.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): H2: Evaluate the feasibility and potential impacts of substantial, large-scale flood mitigation measures to provide equitable and transformational regional benefits.
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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7/15/2024 |
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Request to utilize CMAR |
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9/19/2024 |
276 |
Request to advertise CMAR |
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1/23/2025 |
164 |
Request to award CMAR (Kitchell Contracts, Inc.) |
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Location:
Address (if applicable): 1731 Hugh Road, Houston, TX 7767
Precinct(s): Precinct 1
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Anticipated Court Date: 8/7/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Eric Blaylock, Project Manager, Office of the County Engineer, Nancy Garcia, HC Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter, agreements