1.  Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements under the Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(4) for Professional Engineering services in connection with an Urban County Program, Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Project Year 19 (2007) for grading design of the cell and handicap ramp within Pct. #4.
2.  Presentation of the scoring grid (of at least three (3) engineering firms from the County’s approved “pool” as graded and evaluated by UCP Home Staff) for the purposes of ranking by Commissioner’s Court in connection with an Urban County Program Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation project grading design of the cell and handicap ramp in Precinct No. 4.
3.  Authority to negotiate a professional engineering service contract with the No. 1 ranked firm of _____________ for the provision of grading design of the cell and handicap ramp services for a Precinct No. 4 Owner – Occupied Housing Rehabilitation project.

Urban County Program HOME Staff has rated three engineering service firms from the County’s approved “pool”.  Millennium Engineers Group, Inc., R. Gutierrez Engineering Corporation and Hinojosa Engineering Inc. were rated for a Housing Rehab project that requires a grading design of the cell and handicap ramp services. See attached scoring grid for your review.