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Liberty County court declines to renew Crowder Gulf contract, directs competitive bidding
Summary
At a special August meeting, the Liberty County Commissioners voted not to renew Crowder Gulf’s disaster preclearance and removal contract and directed staff to solicit bids after committee members raised repeated performance concerns; the contract was due Sept. 6, 2025.
At a special meeting in August, the Liberty County Commissioners Court voted to not renew its contract with Crowder Gulf for disaster preclearance and removal services and instructed staff to begin a competitive bidding process.
Court members discussed the contract, which was due to run through Sept. 6, 2025 under the third of three renewal options. A court participant identified in the record as Bill said contractors had repeatedly left work incomplete: "We're constantly having to go back and redo areas that they're supposed to have completed... they missed several items," (Bill). After discussion a motion was made and carried to not renew Crowder Gulf’s contract and to put the services out for bid.
The court also discussed timing: staff noted that if another event occurs before Sept. 1, work begun under the current contract would remain the vendor’s responsibility until finished. Court members instructed staff to begin the proposal/bid process rather than exercise the remaining renewal option.
Next steps: county staff are to initiate the solicitation process for disaster preclearance/removal services; no specific solicitation timeline was stated on the record.
