1. Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements under the Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(4) for Professional Engineering services in connection with Hidalgo County - Urban County Program Year 19 (2007) for foundation design and testing of site work and foundation during construction within Precinct No. 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 Rehabilitation project foundation design and testing of site work and foundation during construction in Precinct No. 4. 

3. Authority to negotiate a professional engineering service contract with the No. 1 ranked firm for the provision of foundation design and testing of site work and foundation during construction services for a Precinct No. 4 Owner – Occupied Rehabilitation project.

Urban County Program HOME Staff has rated three engineering service firms from the County’s approved “pool”. Millennium Engineers Group, Inc., Dannenbaum Engineering Services and Hinojosa Engineering Inc. were rated for a Housing Rehab project that requires a foundation design and testing of site work and foundation during construction services. See attached scoring grid for your review.