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2020 JOB ORDER CONTRACTING FOR CITY FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS

WARDEN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION +7 firms on this agreement
Needs a closer lookTerm ended
Other Contracting

This is a other contracting master agreement (a spending ceiling drawn down over time via delivery orders) with WARDEN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION to deliver “BR2020.11 Palmer Events Center Catering Kitchen”. The city authorized spending up to $48,000,000, and $9,830,472 has been paid so far (20% of the ceiling). It was approved by City Council on Jan 30, 2025.

Authorized (spending ceiling)
$48,000,000
Ordered / committed
$16,178,005 (34%)
Actually paid
$9,830,472 (20%)
Timeline
Jan 5, 2021Jan 4, 2024 · ended 938 days ago

Why this status?

  • Contract period ended with only 20% paid — what happened to the rest?
  • Spending is behind schedule (100% of time elapsed, 20% paid).
  • High-dollar contract ($48,000,000) — worth periodic review.

These are transparent signals, not judgments. A large unspent balance may be a legitimate multi-year ceiling or indefinite-delivery contract.

Payments on this contract

No checkbook payments are booked directly against this contract number yet. This can happen when the work is paid through delivery orders under a master agreement (not directly linked here), or when payments simply haven’t started.

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = CA200000021) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by
Capital Contracting Office
Delivered by (8 firms)
WARDEN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION +7 more on this rotation list
  • WARDEN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
  • CENTENNIAL CONTRACTORS ENTERPRISES, INC.
  • HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO
  • JAMAIL & SMITH CONSTRUCTION LP
  • BROWN & ROOT INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC
  • BASIC IDIQ, INC.
  • VELIZ COMPANY, LLC
  • ALPHA BUILDING CORPORATION

This is a multi-firm agreement (a “rotation list”): 8 firms share one contract number and one spending ceiling. The dollar figures above are the agreement total, counted once — not per firm.

Authorized by Austin City Council110 · Approved on Consent
Jan 30, 2025 · agenda item 43
Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract for construction services for a job order assignment for the Palmer Events Center Catering Kitchen for Austin Convention Center Department with Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC, for a total amount not to exceed $1,200,000. Funding: $1,200,000 is available in the Austin Convention Center’s Capital Budget.
See how each member voted (11)
Kirk WatsonMayorYes
Natasha Harper-MadisonDistrict 1Yes
Marc DuchenDistrict 10Yes
Vanessa FuentesDistrict 2Yes
José VelásquezDistrict 3Yes
José "Chito" VelaDistrict 4Yes
Ryan AlterDistrict 5Yes
Krista LaineDistrict 6Yes
Mike SiegelDistrict 7Yes
Paige EllisDistrict 8Yes
Zohaib "Zo" QadriDistrict 9Yes

Documents & oversight

Project (city records)
BR2020.11 Palmer Events Center Catering Kitchen
Contract type
Master agreement — a spending ceiling drawn down through individual delivery orders over time.
Approved by City Council
Jan 30, 2025 · item 4

Assessing delivery vs. commitment: Austin doesn’t publish structured project milestones, so we can’t auto-verify that the work matches the contract. What we can do is show what the money was invoiced for (above) and link the approved scope — then, where it matters, dispatch a Spotter to confirm the work on the ground. Contracts whose purpose is well-documented vs. vague is exactly the signal that tells us where to look first.

Source & provenance

Contract number CA200000021 (MA) · Department 6100 · Managed by Capital Contracting Office · Alt Proc Method (252)
From snapshot 2026-07-28.