Request Commissioners' Court consideration and approval for Contract Amendment No. 1, RFQ 2019-021, Professional Services, Architectural, Adult Detention Center Assessment and Design Services for Design of Phase I.

In early 2019, Commissioners Court funded $46,000,000 to expand the Adult Detention Center.  Since then, Brinkley Sargent Wiginton and Pulitzer Bogard were hired to perform a study of the existing facility to determine inmate population estimates and the related component expansions required over the next 25 years.  Three phases of work have been identified: 

·           Phase I:  $45,570,000

o   New Intake/Book-In and 180 bed Orientation/Permanent housing areas

o   Includes construction, architecture and all other expected costs plus a contingency for unexpected costs

o   Design and construction will take approximately 2.5 years to complete   

·           Phase II and III: $127,000,000

o   Includes a large infirmary, additional housing, kitchen, laundry and other services 

While the current COVID-19 pandemic has brought the inmate population temporarily down, it is anticipated this population will return to prior levels. 

Since funding is currently available for Phase I, I recommend approving the design fee of $3,188,408 to Brinkley Sargent Wiginton.