Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
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): 240369
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Multiple Vendors
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible
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 an award on the basis of successful negotiations with the highest overall evaluation and that the County Judge execute agreements with Associated Testing Laboratories, Inc; Atlas Technical Consultants, LLC; ATSER, L.P.; Aviles Engineering Corporation; ECS Southwest, LLP; Geotech Engineering and Testing; Geotest Engineering, Inc.; HVJ Associates, Inc.; Raba Kistner, Inc.; Terracon Consultants, Inc.; TGI Geotechnics, Inc.; UES Professional Solutions 44, LLC dba United Consulting Group, Ltd.; and Quartet Engineers Corporation in the amount of $13,000,000 for professional architectural and/or engineering services to provide construction materials engineering and testing services for various federal projects for the Office of the County Engineer for the period of April 16, 2026 - April 15, 2027 with four (4) one-year renewal options (240369), Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: 0% - Non-Divisible.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County intends to award master agreements to establish a bench of Construction Materials Testing (CMT) consultants who are qualified to support federally funded projects. After award and as the need arises, the County intends to issue requests for Task Order Proposals to the bench of contracted firms selected pursuant to this RFQ. Award of Task Orders will be made to the firm under contract with the County that is: (a) determined most qualified based on a review of the Task Order proposals in accordance with the review criteria to be set forth in the request for Task Order, and (b) proposing a reasonable price, as determined by the County.
Expected Impact:
Successful management of grant funded projects with federally procured Professional Engineering Services is a step in the process to construct projects which contribute to Vision Zero goals, expand pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure, seek to reduce flooding, and strengthen resiliency in Harris County. Consultants sourced for CMT will contribute to goal of connecting our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
Alternative Options:
Alternative options are expected to be more costly or to risk efficient and timely project delivery. Alternatives include individual RFQs for each project, otherwise local fund CMT services.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: N/A
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
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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January 9, 2025 |
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Authorization to Negotiate |
Location:
Address (if applicable): Various
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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County Attorney’s Office Legal Review (for Harris County Code Items only) |
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Anticipated Court Date: 4/16/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Erwin Burden, P.E., CFM, Chief of Engineering and Architectural Services, Office of the County Engineer; Kenneth Jackson, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing Services.
Attachments (if applicable): Letter