Comprehensive Process Assessment and Efficiency Analysis

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is seeking a qualified contractor to conduct a comprehensive assessment of our agreements, processes, allocations, and reporting structures for two of our affiliates, where we provide fiscal agent and administrator roles. The two affiliates include the Houston-Galveston Area Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (and the associated Transportation Policy Council) and the Gulf Coast Workforce Board.

H-GAC provides staffing and all other administrative and support services to both entities, including but not limited to contract execution, procurement, compliance, external auditing, workspace and technology, benefits, and more. Staff supporting both groups are employees of H-GAC and serve the affiliated Council and Board. This assessment will identify opportunities for improved efficiency, opportunities to streamline and clarify processes, elimination of duplicative efforts, optimization of shared positions, and enhancement of the fiscal relationship between H-GAC and the Metropolitan Planning Organization and H-GAC and the Gulf Coast Workforce Board.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) is the region-wide voluntary association of 133 local governments and local elected officials in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning region of Texas. Local elected officials organized H-GAC in 1966 after authorization by State enabling legislation. Its service area is 12,500 square miles and includes more than 7-million residents. H-GAC is governed by a 36-member Board of Directors composed of local elected officials, who serve on the governing bodies of member local governments. All H-GAC programs are carried out under the policy direction of its Board of Directors. H-GAC’s mission is to serve as the instrument of local government cooperation, promoting the region’s orderly development and the safety and welfare of its residents. H-GAC is the regional organization through which local governments consider issues and cooperate in solving area-wide problems. Agency programs emphasize local government concerns, such as transportation, air and water quality, criminal justice, demographic analysis, mapping programs, and intergovernmental purchasing. H-GAC also serves its citizens through workforce development programs, services to the aging and elderly, and small business finance programs.