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

2. Presentation of the scoring grid for the purposes of ranking by Commissioners’ Court of at least three (3) engineering firms from the County’s approved “pool” as graded and evaluated by the Precinct No. 3, Urban County Program and Hidalgo County Purchasing Department in connection with and funded through the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Texas Community Development Block Grant (TXCDBG) Program for the 2011 Colonia Economically Distress Area Program (CEDAP) Contract # 711195 – Rehabilitation Single-Unit Sewer Service: Construction for colonias in the City of Sullivan ETJ area in Precinct No. 3.

FIRM	GRADE	RANK
Javier Hinojosa Engineering	95.67%
Izaguirre Engineering Group LLC	88.34%
Barrera Torres Infrastructure	82.67%

3. Authority to negotiate a professional service contract with the No. 1 rank firm __________________  for a TDA TxCDBG CEDAP, and Urban County Program – Precinct # 3 – Rehabilitation Single-Unit Sewer Service Improvements Project.

The three firms rated from the County’s approved “pool” are Javier Hinojosa Engineering, Izaquirre Engineering Group LLC and Barrera Torres Infrastructure for Rehabilitation of Single-Unit Sewer Service Improvements Project. Attached see grading grid for your review.

Funds Available for 2011 TDA CEDAP Project: $500,000.00