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File #: 25-2450    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract - Award Status: Passed
File created: 4/7/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 4/16/2025 Final action: 4/16/2025
Title: 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%.
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:
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