Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Flood Control District
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Renewal
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Ardurra Group, Inc.
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 28.82%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the Purchasing Agent for approval of a renewal option with Ardurra Group, Inc. 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, 2026 - June 3, 2027, at a cost of $12,000,000 (230458), MWBE Contracted Goal: 20%, MWBE Current Participation: 28.82%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) has received approximately $868M in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Texas General Land Office (GLO). These CDBG-MIT and CDBG-DR projects have short project durations to expend all the grant funds.
Staff augmentation is needed to assist the Flood Control District in delivering these grant programs, including project management consultants during all project phases and construction management and inspection consultants during the construction phase of these projects. An RFQ was developed, and eleven (11) engineering firms submitted with five selected, who are providing staff augmentation for multiple individual projects throughout the lifetime of the grant programs.
Expected Impact:
These staff augmentation contracts 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 lose funding due to not meeting critical deadlines.
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): 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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8/6/2024 |
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Authorization to Negotiate and Agreement |
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12/11/25 |
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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General Earthen and Concreate Channel Repairs (Countywide) for the Harris County Flood Control District |
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Anticipated Court Date: 5/14/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date)
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Aaron Dunn, Mgr, Sr Resilience Planner, Flood Control District, Nancy Garcia, HC Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter