FY 2027 Local Drainage Program (LDP) Work Order Contract #1

The City of Houston is soliciting bids for FY 2027 Local Drainage Program (LDP) Work Order Contract #1 under solicitation number CB-2026-0053, posted July 24, 2026, with proposals due by August 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM. The work is a competitive bid construction contract for drainage-related rehabilitation and infrastructure restoration across Texas, focused on constructing, repairing, rehabilitating, removing, and replacing storm sewer systems, drainage structures, and roadside ditches to reduce flooding and maintain long-term drainage performance. The estimated construction budget is $5,000,000, and the procurement is managed by the City of Houston, Strategic Procurement Division, with Ana Abud listed as the primary contact. A pre-bid conference was held via Teams on August 3, 2026, and the solicitation materials emphasize that questions had to be submitted by August 12, 2026, through the City’s prescribed process and that all clarifications become part of the solicitation. The project manual and related exhibits show that the contract is administered as a detailed public works drainage program with broad rehabilitation responsibilities, including restoration of City assets affected by drainage improvements such as pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, wheelchair ramps, water lines, and sanitary sewer systems. The required documentation package is extensive and includes the official signature page and references, ownership disclosure, anti-collusion certification, conflict of interest questionnaire, bidder’s bond in the amount of 10% of the total bid price, Pay or Play acknowledgement, MWBE participation plan and subcontracting agreement, good faith efforts forms, and a possible MWSBE goal deviation request. Compliance obligations highlighted in the solicitation include Hire Houston First, Pay or Play healthcare requirements, prevailing wage compliance, and MWSBE participation goals set at 13% MBE and 7% WBE, with good faith efforts required if those goals are not met. The contract also requires awareness of OSHA and safety obligations, underground facility protection, pollution prevention, and no open burning, while the available FAR-style breakdown indicates that no formal Sections I or J were identified, and the award framework centers on qualitative evaluation of good faith efforts and bidder responsibility rather than numerical technical scoring.