SUBJECT: First Additional Appropriation for the Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and Gunda Corporation, LLC for Negotiated Work Orders on Design Concepts Services for Thoroughfare Improvements.

 

RECOMMENDATION: Approve an ordinance appropriating additional funds to the Professional Engineering Services Contract with Gunda Corporation, LLC.

 

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This contract is part of the Street, Drainage, and Paving Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and is required to provide professional engineering services to support development of candidate projects for programming in future years. A Design Concept Report (DCR) is performed to investigate, verify, and define paving and drainage construction/reconstruction projects for thoroughfare improvements.

 

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

 

PREVIOUS HISTORY AND SCOPE: City Council approved the original contract on June 23, 2021, under Ordinance No. 2021-0544. The scope of services under the original contract consisted of Design Concept Services and Additional Services as defined by the work order. Under this contract, the Consultant has completed work authorizations for Thoroughfare Improvement Projects and Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Improvement Program application support.

 

SCOPE OF THIS ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AND FEE: Under the scope of the First Additional Appropriation, the Consultant will be enabled to accomplish the following: Additional Work Orders to assist with Design Concept Reports, Grant application support and other pending Work Authorizations.

 

The total requested appropriation is $770,000.00 to be appropriated as follows: $700,000.00 for contract services and $70,000.00 for CIP Cost Recovery.

 

 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 provides health benefits to eligible employees in compliance with City policy.

 

M/WBE PARTICIPATION: The M/WBE goal established for this project is 24.00%. The original contract amount totals $700,000.00. The Consultant has been paid $262,798.00 (37.54%). Of this amount, $71,664.00 (27.27%) has been paid to M/WBE sub-contractors to date. Assuming approval of the requested additional appropriation, the contract amount will increase to $1,400,000.00.

 

Name of Firms	Work Description	Amount	% of Total Contract
Paid Prior M/WBE Commitment		$ 71,664.00	5.12%
Unpaid Prior M/WBE Commitment		$ 96,336.00	6.88%
1. C J Hensch & Associates, Inc.	Transportation management consulting services	$ 14,000.00	1.00%
2. Fivengineering, DBA 5engineering	Engineering consulting services	$ 98,000.00	7.00%
3. Langrand and Company, LLC. DBA Langrand	Marketing consulting services	$ 28,000.00	2.00%
4. MBCO Engineering, LLC	Civil engineering services	$ 28,000.00	2.00%
	TOTAL	$336,000.00	24.00%

 

 

 

 

 

FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of this project.

 

 

 

 

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 Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director

 Houston Public Works

 

 WBS No. N-320100-0023-3