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) engineering firms from the county’s approved “pool” as graded and evaluated by the City of Palmview, Urban County Program and Hidalgo County Purchasing Department, in connection with and funded through Hidalgo County Urban County Program Year 23 (2010) City of Palmview - Planning project for the establishment of a 7-Year Master Plan. 

FIRM	GRADE	RANK
SAMES, Inc.	95.6
Dannenbaum Engineering	93.3
Izaguirre Engineering Group	89.6

3. Authority to negotiate a professional engineering service contract with the highest ranked firm of ___________________________ for the provision of engineering services for an Urban County Program Year 23 (2010) City of Palmview - Planning project for the establishment of a 7- Year Master Plan.

The three engineering firms rated from the county’s approved “pool” are: (1) SAMES, Inc., (2) Dannenbaum Engineering and (3) Izaguirre Engineering Group.

Funds Available:             $75,000.00