Montgomery County, Pa.
More than $4.15 million was authorized by Montgomery County officials on Thursday to fund and further a series of contracts.
The 15-item package featured agreements issued on behalf of several departments including health and human services, information and technology solutions, the planning commission, and public safety.
A $1.1 million agreement with the Philadelphia-based Resources for Human Development Inc. took up the lion’s share, with the two-year contract covering “evaluations, referrals, and consultations for criminal justice clients who present drug/alcohol, mental health, developmental disabilities, and/or sexual offending issues and to provide cognitive behavioral treatment to address criminogenic needs.”
The contract will assist clients with the county’s Supervision Services office, which encompassses several agencies, including adult probation, pretrial services and treatment court, according to a county spokesperson. Funding came from the county’s general-operational budget.
A roughly $575,700 public safety agreement with Intergraph Corporation, dba Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, of Huntsville, Alabama, procured “proprietary hardware and software maintenance” for the county’s 911 computer aided dispatch system. The contract will take effect on April 1 and last through March 31, 2026, and was funded through “capital software” monies.
A previously authorized contract designated to replace two county-owned bridges along Ridge Pike in Plymouth Township required another $555,412. The initial contract with the Pottstown-based Traffic Planning and Design provided “preliminary engineering, final design, construction support services, and right-of-way acquisition services.”
The revised agreement would provide “additional funding for final structure design, utility engineering, grade crossing activities, erosion and sedimentation control plan/NPDES permit and right-of-way acquisition,” the contract states, with funds obtained from the federal government. The total contract now stands at approximately $1.82 million.
Additionally, a countywide law enforcement records management system contract with CSI Technology Group, of Keasbey, New Jersey, was renewed for another year. With the new term slated to take effect on May 14, the contract will “allow sharing of information among all county criminal justice agencies” until May 13, 2026. Funding was obtained through the county’s general-operational budget.
A previously approved contract was amended on Thursday, with county information and technology solutions representatives requiring another around $316,922. The additional monies for the contract with Crown Castle Fiber, of Warrington, Bucks County, offset the funding period from October 2024 to February 2025 for services related to “support and maintenance for the county’s dark fiber connectivity” and internet service providers, the contract states.
“A new, co-termed renewal is being prepared,” per the contract, which now stands at around $1.16 million. Funds were obtained from the county’s capital improvement program.
Another approximately $305,374 technology-related contract was approved with the Denver-based Granicus Inc. The three-year agreement supplied “meeting organization software for the management of the board of commissioners public agendas.” Software and installation services were obtained through an OMNIA cooperative contract, according to the agreement. County capital improvement program monies funded the contract.
Additionally, $125,190 agreement with Summit Exercises and Training LLC, of St. Petersburg, Florida, procured an “Emergency Response Roles and Responsibilities Guideline Program.”
The contract between the county’s health and human services department and the Florida firm covered the “development of response matrices and support materials guiding primary and support roles and responsibilities across a variety of large-scale, cross-departmental emergency responses,” the contract states, including “weather-related and other natural disasters; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive; mass casualty and fatality events; pandemic and other public health emergencies; [and] utility disruption.”
The Florida-based firm was one of 10 to submit bids to a previously advertised request for proposals, according to the contract, which was funded through a workforce development, epidemiology and laboratory capacity and PHEP base grant.
The next Montgomery County Board of Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 20 on the eighth floor of One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede St. in Norristown. Those interested in attending the meeting can also do so virtually. Visit montgomerycountypa.gov for more information.
