‹ Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 · All districts' issues
concern
Contract award
$5,827,530
1 conflict question
money moved
Show the bids for WWTP No. 2 Phase II, confirm HCG was the lowest responsible bidder, and name the contracting party.
Water Code §49.273; 30 TAC §293.46 if developer-let.
The board action behind it
2026-07-28: Awarded the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2, Phase II construction contract to HCG, for $5,827,530.00 (concurrence given through approval of the engineer's report, which also included pay estimates)
What else happened at that meeting
The Board accepted the bid of The GMS Group, LLC, the low bid of four received, to purchase the District's $13,150,000 Unlimited Tax Road Bonds, Series 2026 at a net effective interest rate of 5.227107%, and adopted the bond order and related documents for the sale. It approved the engineer's report, including concurrence in awarding the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2, Phase II construction contract to HCG for $5,827,530.00, and accepted conveyances of facilities serving six Bridgeland sections and street dedications. It adopted a resolution and two agreements designating the District as Representative District for Montgomery County MUDs 128A and 129 (The Woodlands Hills) in matters related to National Finance Authority bonds. MDS reported an incorrect formula in its water accountability calculations that it will correct in prior reports, and the Board authorized MDS and Touchstone to send recurring status updates to the participant districts.The law and guidance in force on 2026-07-28
| Construction contracts over $150,000 must be advertised for sealed bids and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder Water Code §49.273
§49.273: Same text in force then and now |
Not shown in the record | Bidding was authorized January 6, 2026 (p.5); the July 28 minutes record only 'concurrence in the award' for $5,827,530.00 (p.3), with no bid count or tabulation. |
| Developer-built facilities need a reimbursement agreement and TCEQ approval before reimbursement §293.46: Same text in force then and now§49.181: Same text in force then and now | Question | 'Concurrence' wording suggests a developer-let contract; contracting party not stated. |
Who's involved
HCG (contractor)
BGE, Inc. (district engineer; also engineer to MUDs 419, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493 and WCIDs 157, 158, 159)
Bridgeland Development, LP (represented by Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. staff) (developer; reimbursed for master facilities and road facilities)
Possible conflicts
BGE, Inc.: BGE designed the plant expansion, recommends the award, and is engineer to the Participants whose connection charges will repay the developer. (The same attorney (SPH), engineer (BGE), bookkeeper (MA&C), financial advisor (Masterson) and auditor (Forvis Mazars) serve MUD 418 and the participant districts on the other side of every master-facility payment (consultant schedules in the audits of MUD 418 (2025_Financial_Report.pdf, PDF p.42), MUD 419 (2025_05_31_Audit_Report.pdf, PDF p.70), MUD 489 (HC_489_Final_Audit_Report_FY_Ended_May_31_2024.pdf, PDF p.60), MUD 490 (HC_MUD_No_490_2025_FS_Final.pdf, PDF p.49) and MUD 493 (HC_493_Final_Audit_Report_FY_Ended_May_31_2024.pdf, PDF p.31); TCEQ affiliation records for MUDs 491 and 492 (hcid14-site/bridgeland-records/hcmud491/tceq/tceq-affiliations.html; hcid14-site/bridgeland-records/hcmud492/tceq/tceq-affiliations.html)))
Money or costs moved
Participants (connection charges) → HC MUD 418 then Bridgeland Development, LP Master wastewater capacity is repaid to the developer from participant connection charges after TCEQ approval; WWTP No. 2 Phase II may be in the ninth application ($12,853,820 requested Aug 27, 2026, TCEQ doc 502421).
Why the board approved it
Recorded: “BGE (Ms. Demary) requested concurrence in the award to HCG; approved within the engineer's report (p.3).”
As with Water Well No. 10, a multi-million-dollar award appears only as an engineer's-report item; the bids and the contracting party are not recorded.