1. Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements under the Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(4) for professional engineering services.

2. Presentation of the scoring grid for the purpose of ranking by Commissioners Court of at least three (3) professional engineering firms from the county’s approved “pool” as graded and evaluated by HC Pct. 4, Urban County Program and Hidalgo County Purchasing Department, in connection with and funded through Hidalgo County Urban County Program GLO Contract
 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM	GRADE	RANKED
SAMES, Inc.	94
S & B Infrastructure, LTD	89
Quintanilla, Headley & Associates, Inc.	87

3. Authority to negotiate a professional engineering service contract with the highest ranked firm___________________  for the provision of Engineering Services for the GLO Round 3 - Trenton Drain Phase II and III project in Hidalgo County Precinct No. 4.

 The three (3) engineering firms rated from the County’s approved “pool” are: SAMES, Inc., Quintanilla, Headley and Associates, Inc. and S & B Infrastructure, Ltd.