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Willacy County awards TWDB pump‑station contract and approves local fund sufficiency for project

Willacy County Commissioner’s Court · April 10, 2026

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Summary

Commissioners approved award of the low bid for TWDB project 40097 and authorized a sufficiency letter for a small local match; staff also recommended and the court approved an award for a separate San Pelita detention project with funding reportedly available in contingency.

Willacy County Commissioner’s Court approved several water‑infrastructure procurement actions April 9, including awarding a bid for a TWDB‑funded pump station and authorizing a local sufficiency letter to permit TWDB to release project funds.

Staff said seven bids were received for TWDB Project No. 40097 (a single pump station) and reported Gulf Construction LLC as the low bidder. The court approved awarding the project as recommended; the bid amount shown in the county’s tabulation was $416,667.50. County staff explained the contract exceeded the project’s construction contingency and described an $18,543.50 initial local‑funds commitment that could be covered by transferring residual funds from another county project; the county expects the amount to be reimbursed by the TWDB process once their board acts.

Separately, the court approved awarding TWDB Project No. 40095 (San Pelita linear detention work) to the low bidder identified in the bid tabulation. Staff stated that sufficient funds were available in the construction and contingency budget for that project and recommended proceeding. The transcript includes a numeric value read during that discussion that appears garbled in places; staff told commissioners the award was within available budget and did not require new funds.

All procurement motions on these water projects carried on voice votes. Staff said construction on the awarded pump station will take approximately four months once notice to proceed is issued and that installation of additional gauging stations for watershed monitoring remains part of the broader study and follow‑on mitigation planning.