Item Coversheet

CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 11/12/2025

Item Creation Date:

SR1709709237 - Emergency Runway and Grooving Services, Contingency, and Material Testing - ORDINANCE (Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc.)

Agenda Item#: 4.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE appropriating $9,000,000.00 out of Airports Improvement Fund; approving and authorizing Addendum to Emergency Purchase Order between City of Houston and EMERY SAPP & SONS, INC for costs associated with Emergency Grinding and Grooving Services of IAH Runway 8R/26L for the Houston Airport System (Project No. 1054); providing funding for Grinding and Grooving Services, contingency, and materials testing

Background:

S19-SR1709709237 - Approve an ordinance appropriating $9,000,000.00 from the Airports Improvement Fund (8011) for emergency runway grinding and grooving services, contingency, and materials testing and approving and authorizing an Addendum to Emergency Purchase Order between the City of Houston and Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. for the Houston Airport System.

 

Specific Explanation:

The Director of Houston Airport System (HAS) and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve an ordinance appropriating $9,000,000.00 from the Airports Improvement Fund (8011) for emergency runway grinding and grooving services to Emery  Sapp & Sons, Inc. for the Houston Airport System.  Further, the ordinance would approve and authorize an Addendum to Emergency Purchase Order which expands on the terms and conditions of the EPO. The Addendum and EPO shall expire on January 15, 2026.

 

The appropriation ordinance is required to provide funding for the emergency grinding and grooving services of Runway 8R/26L at George Bush intercontinental Airport/Houston for re-establishing runway grooving per FAA standards.

 

Materials Testing:

An appropriation of $12,500.00 is requested for Professional Services Construction Materials Testing under Contract No. 4600016498 with Intertek-Professional Service Industries, Inc.

 

Fiscal Note:

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

 

 

______________________________________                              ______________________________

Jedediah Greenfield, Chief Procurement Officer                              Jim Szczesniak , Director

Finance/Strategic Procurement Division                       
Amount and Source of Funding:

$9,000,000.00 – Airports Improvement Fund (8011)

Contact Information:

NAME:

DEPARTMENT/DIVISION

PHONE

Barbara Fisher, Division Manager

FIN/SPD

832.393.8722

Yesenia Chuca, Deputy Assistant Director

FIN/SPD

832.393.8727

Jedediah Greenfield, Chief Procurement Officer

FIN/SPD

832.393.9126


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