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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 11/18/2025
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Item Creation Date: 8/18/2025

HPW – 20SWO218 Contract Award / DL Glover Utilities, LLC

Agenda Item#: 38.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE awarding contract to DL GLOVER UTILITIES, LLC for FY25 Ditch Reestablishment Work Order Contract #5; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing a maximum contract amount - $6,000,000.00 - Enterprise Fund

Background:

SUBJECT: Contract Award for FY 2025 Ditch Re-establishment Work Order Contract #5. 

 

RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Award a Construction Contract to DL Glover Utilities, LLC  for FY 2025 Ditch Re-establishment Work Order Contract #5 and appropriate funds. 

 

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the Transportation and Drainage Operations Program and is required to provide work authorization on a location-by-location as-needed basis, to provide the operation and maintenance of stormwater drainage assets.

 

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consists of the Citywide program that provides construction services to consist of roadside ditch re-establishment and culvert cleaning throughout the City of Houston. The scope is established by each work authorization. The Contract duration for this project is 720 calendar days.  

LOCATION: The projects are located throughout the City of Houston.

 

BIDS: This project was advertised for bidding on June 6, 2025. Bids were received on June 26, 2025.  The three (3) bids are as follows: 

 

 

Bidder

Adjustment Factor:

1.

DL Glover Utilities, LLC

0.400

2.

Grava, LLC

0.449

3.

J. Rivas Construction, LLC

0.450

 

AWARD: It is recommended that this construction contract be awarded to DL Glover Utilities, LLC with a low bid of $6,000,000.00 (.400 Adjustment Factor) be made a part of this Contract.

 

PROJECT COST: The total cost of this project is $6,000,000.00 to be appropriated as follows:

 

· Bid Amount

$6,000,000.00

 

HIRE HOUSTON FIRST: The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s ‘Hire Houston First’ (HHF) ordinance that promotes economic opportunity for Houston business and supports job creation. In this case DL Glover Utilities, LLC is a designated HHF company, but they were the successful awardee without application of the HHF preference.

 

PAY OR PLAY PROGRAM: The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s ‘Pay or Play’ ordinance regarding health benefits for employees of City contractors. In this case, the Contractor has elected to pay into the Contractor Responsibility Fund in compliance with City policy. 

 

M/WSBE PARTICIPATION: The contractor has submitted the following proposed program to satisfy the 18.00% MBE goal and 5.00% WBE goal for this project.

 

 

MBE - Name of Firms

Work Description

Amount

% of Contract

1.

J.P. Sewer Main Repair & Drain Specialist, LLC

Water and sewer line and related structures construction

$   600,000.00

10.00%

2.

Mayoral Trucking, LLC

Dump trucking

$   300,000.00

  5.00%

3.

Royal Traffic Sign Company

Flagging Services

$   180,000.00

  3.00%

 

 

TOTAL

$1,080,000.00

18.00%

 

 

 

WBE - Name of Firms

Work Description

Amount

% of Contract

1.

Access Data Supply, Inc

Ready-Mix concrete manufacturing, pipe metal, merchant wholesalers

$   300,000.00

5.00%

 

 

FISCAL NOTE: Funding for this item is included in the FY2026 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policies.     

 

 

 

_________________________________             _________________________________

Jedediah Greenfield                                                  Randall V. Macchi, JD

Chief Procurement Officer                                        Director, Houston Public Works

Finance/Strategic Procurement Division                                                                             

  

WBS No. M-43M009-0013-4

 

Estimated Spending Authority:

Department

FY2026

Out Years

Total

Houston Public Works

$3,000,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$6,000,000.00


Amount and Source of Funding:

$6,000,000.00 – Fund No. 2302 – Stormwater Fund

Contact Information:

Name

Service Line

Contact No.

Roberto Medina, Assistant Director

DO-HPW Council Liaison Office

832.395.2456

Maria Perez, HPW Agenda Coordinator

DO-HPW Council Liaison Office

832.395.2282

Patricia Campbell, Assistant Director

HPW-Transportation and Drainage Operations

832.395.2226


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