Department: Toll Road Authority
Department Head/Elected Official: Roberto Treviño, P.E., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): EPIC Transportation Group, LP
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 35%
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 to execute an Agreement with EPIC Transportation Group, LP for Traffic Modeling and Engineering services to provide corridor travel demand and system analysis for the Hardy Toll Road North Segment #9 in the amount of $1,000,000 (Precincts 1, 2, & 3). MWDBE Contracted Goal: 35%.
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Background and Discussion:
The June 14, 2022 Commissioners Court approved the negotiation with EPIC Transportation Group, LP to help implement the All-Electronic Tolling program. The Toll Road Authority (TRA) intends to enlist the professional services of qualified engineers to provide engineering and planning services required to study corridor and area-wide travel demand, including traffic forecasting and origin-destination analysis and system operations analysis. The work to be performed by the engineers consists of current and future travel demand for proposed improvements related to the Hardy Toll Road Segment #9, in Harris County.
Expected Impact:
The professional service contract will permit HCTRA to support the system planning, engineering, sustainability, tolling, and development of business rules for the conversion to All-Electronic Tolling.
Alternative Options:
No other recommended services for this identified need.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
X Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
06/14/2022 |
116 |
Court approved request to negotiate agreement |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Precincts 1, 2, & 3
Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
Service Name |
Tolling Operations |
|
SFY 22 |
FY 23 |
Next 3 FYs |
Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$600,000 |
$400,000 |
Non-Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
Total Incremental Expenditures |
$ |
$600,000 |
$400,000 |
Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
Existing Budget |
Revenue - TRA |
$ |
$600,000 |
$400,000 |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
Total Current Budget |
$ |
$600,000 |
$400,000 |
Additional Budget Requested |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
$ |
$ |
Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$600,000 |
$400,000 |
Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
Additional Positions Requested |
- |
- |
- |
Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: September 27, 2022
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Notice to proceed pending approval of contract
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Nicole Stuttz, Chief of Staff, Harris County Toll Road Authority
Attachments (if applicable): Agreement