Procurement
Environmental Protection (DEP)
Engineering, Design and Construction
Carrera Management Group, LLC
12230 Myers Park Ave , Baton Rouge, LA, 70810-4857
12230 Myers Park Ave , Baton Rouge, LA, 70810-4857
Services (other than human services)
Negotiated Acquisition
6/20/2023
Award
$4,089,758.40
PIN#82623N0002001
Carrera Management Group, LLC (d/b/a H2Bravo) has been a vendor to HRO since it was awarded a competitively sourced NA in 2018 (82618N8203KXL) for subject matter expert (SME) consulting. Due to COVID and staffing shortages, HRO has relied on H2Bravo and extended their contract through 12/2022. As explained in the attached memo, the administrative burden of closeout will continue until 2025 and HRO does not have appropriate staffing to support closeout. It is not practicable or advantageous to use CSB because of timing and the loss of institutional knowledge from our existing vendor. Additionally H2Bravo's pricing is has been reviewed to be cost reasonable, further ensuring that direct negotiation with an existing vendor is the best value for the City. See attached document.
Description
The Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations (HRO) requires the services of a vendor in order to
complete subject matter expert and closeout activities in the Build it Back Program on an expedited basis in order to meet HUD deadlines for administrative closeout of the CDBG-DR grant applied for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Sandy-impacted one to four family homes. In order to accomplish this goal, HRO requires the services of a vendor with experience and knowledge of the Build it Back Program to provide (1) CDBG-DR program support, (2) contract management and financial controls and (3) compliance, closeout and data management support.