Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: Flood Control District
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 240419
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Multiple Vendors
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 18%
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 for approval on the basis of highest overall evaluation and authorize negotiations with multiple vendors for professional engineering/architectural services to provide various watershed feasibility studies for the Flood Control District, and the county, at its sole discretion, may discontinue negotiations and proceed to negotiate with the next ranking vendor(s) if unable to agree on an executable contract (240419), MWBE Contracted Goal: 18%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (District) and Harris County Purchasing have completed a review of the forty (40) Statement of Qualifications for a project bundle consisting of the nine projects. The Evaluation Committee Panel reviewed and ranked all responses submitted by each firm based on the services they provide and is proposing a consultant pool of twelve (12) firms be approved to be eligible to participate in secondary RFQ selections. Based on the results of our review, the Flood Control District requests authorization to negotiate with firms after they are awarded a project based on a secondary RFSQ - Professional Engineering Services process. An individual secondary RFQ will be held for each of the nine (9) watershed studies.
Expected Impact:
It is expected to impact the project schedule, scope, costs, and grant administration deadline.
Alternative Options:
If this court action is not authorized, the Flood Control District recommends firms that were ranked the next highest be selected for negotiation.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 5. Minimize the impact of climate change and disasters.
County Strategic Plan Objective: H: Improve the condition and resilience of County transportation, flood control, and other infrastructure.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): H1: Complete and implement the Flood Resilience Plan.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Choose an item.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any): N/A
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Address (if applicable): multiple watersheds
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 4/16/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Nasiha Alibegovic, Feasibility Studies Department Manager, Flood Control District; Matthew McGarrity, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter