Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official: DeWight Dopslauf
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 230458
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Ardurra Group, Inc. - waiver
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an award on the basis of successful negotiations with the best evaluated vendor(s) and that the County Judge execute an agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc. - waiver in the amount of $7,000,000 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, 2024 - June 3, 2026 with three (3) one-year renewal options, and that the court grant a waiver of technicality for the indicated vendor which owed County taxes when the responses were received and is now current on taxes (230458), MWDBE Contracted Goal: 20%.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) anticipates receiving approximately 46 Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants from the Texas General Land Office. These CDBG-MIT and CDBG-DR projects (Projects) have short project durations to expend all the grant funds.
Staff augmentation is needed to assist the Flood Control District by managing engineering consultants during the design phase and supply staff augmentation during the construction phase of these projects. An RFQ was developed, and eleven (11) engineering firms submitted with five selected. Ardurra Group was one of the five selected firms who will pro...
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