Court awards RFP 24-10 to Tetra Tech for disaster debris monitoring and delays soliciting removal proposals

The Liberty County Commissioners Court approved awarding RFP number 24-10 for disaster debris monitoring services to Tetra Tech at a special meeting in August (date not specified), following a staff recommendation based on committee scoring.

Unidentified Speaker 3 told the court three proposals were received — from Retech, Thompson Consulting and Tetra Tech — and said the review committee scored Tetra Tech highest. "The recommendation is to renew with Tetra Tech," the speaker said, and explained the county changed the contract term from one year to about 18 months to span the hurricane season. The presented contract in the meeting packet includes an added non-appropriation clause.

A motion to approve the award and the addendum was made and seconded; the court passed the motion on a voice vote with no recorded nays. Later in the agenda the court considered whether to solicit proposals for disaster debris removal services. Unidentified Speaker 3 noted that the existing contractor (referred to as Crowderville in the transcript) has a contract through Sept. 6 with an option to extend "another 1 year," and that Commissioner "Bill" had raised problems with that contractor. The court voted to take no action on soliciting proposals at this time; the matter may be returned to the agenda if issues are not resolved.

The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally for either the award or the decision to take no action; both outcomes were announced after voice votes.