ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amendment to Contract No. 4600014833 between City of Houston and DRC EMERGENCY SERVICES, LLC, to append the full fee schedule to Exhibit “B” for the continuing Hurricane Harvey Disaster Debris Removal Services for the Solid Waste Management Department

S10-T26485-A5 – Approve an ordinance authorizing a first amendment to contract No. 4600014833 between the City of Houston and DRC Emergency Services, LLC  (approved by Ord. No. 2018-0347 on April 25, 2018) to append the full fee schedule to Exhibit B for the continuing Hurricane Harvey disaster debris removal services for Solid Waste Management Department; Declaring the City’s intent to seek reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other eligible sources for such expenditures.

Specific Explanation:

The Director of Solid Waste Management Department, the Chief Recovery Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve an ordinance authorizing a first amendment to the contract between the City of Houston and DRC Emergency Services, LLC  to append the full fee schedule to Exhibit B, which was inadvertently omitted from the original contract for the continuing Hurricane Harvey disaster debris removal services for Solid Waste Management Department.

This pre-positioned contract was awarded on April 25, 2018 by Ordinance No. 2018-0347, for a three-year term with two, two-year options and was later amended on February 13, 2019, January 6, 2021,  June 22, 2021 and September 22, 2021.  This action is an administrative correction to the fee schedule B and it does not affect the terms and conditions or funding of the original contract.

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