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File #: 25-2165    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract - Award Status: Passed
File created: 3/26/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 4/10/2025 Final action: 4/10/2025
Title: Request for approval of an agreement with DCCM North America, LLC, in the amount of $998,740, for engineering services to quantify standardized benefits for the design and construction of Flood Control District projects (Project ID Z100-00-00-Y127, Bond ID Z-03, Agreement No. 2024-71, Countywide, MWBE Contracted Goal: 19.60%).
Attachments: 1. 041025 AGMT DCCM 2024-71 CW backup.pdf
Primary Department: Flood Control District
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director

Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Contract - Award

Project ID (if applicable): Z100-00-00-Y127
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): DCCM North America, LLC

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 19.60%
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): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): HCFCD, HCTRA, HHS

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an agreement with DCCM North America, LLC, in the amount of $998,740, for engineering services to quantify standardized benefits for the design and construction of Flood Control District projects (Project ID Z100-00-00-Y127, Bond ID Z-03, Agreement No. 2024-71, Countywide, MWBE Contracted Goal: 19.60%).
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Background and Discussion:
The Flood Control District recently developed guidelines to standardize the tracking of benefits for completed flood risk reduction projects. This agreement will apply use those guidelines to quantify, and document project benefits including (1) Structures benefitted by the project, (2) Population benefitted by the project including LMI, SVI and R/ECAP data (3) Miles of Inundated Roadways moving from impassable to passable, (4) Acres of land removed from the floodplain, (5) Channel System Capacity pre and post project and (5) Avoided Damages. This agreement will also develop the first phase of a GIS data delivery dashboard for the standard benefit information.

Expected Impact:
The agreement will determine Standard Benefits for projects so that the Flood Control District can accurately and consistently document as well as communicate the flood reduction benefits to the...

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