Houston-Galveston Area Council put AI consulting services on its HGACBuy purchasing catalog under contract AI05-26
HGACBuy is the cooperative purchasing program run by the Houston-Galveston Area Council. It publishes an active contract numbered AI05-26 titled AI Consulting Services. The term runs from May 1st, 2026 through April 30th, 2030. The catalog describes the work as comprehensive guidance through the array of possible solutions where artificial intelligence can be integrated. Five vendors are listed as awarded on the contract page. This is the procurement plumbing behind a lot of Texas government AI work. A contract vehicle is how a small city or district buys a service without running its own solicitation.
How to take part
The contract, its awarded vendors and the product listings are published on the HGACBuy site and can be viewed by anyone. Buying from it requires being an HGACBuy member organization. A member of the public participates through their own city, county or district rather than directly.
Where
1 county. In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands.
Dates
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | effective | Start of the contract term shown on the HGACBuy contract page |
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
May 1, 2026 – April 30, 2030HGACBuy, Contract AI05-26 AI Consulting Services Primary source, official
comprehensive guidance through the array of possible solutions where Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be integratedHGACBuy, Contract AI05-26 AI Consulting Services Primary source, official
AI consulting; IT consulting; artificial intelligence; system design; data modeling; semantic layer design; dashboard development; platform administration; AI and BI enhancement.HGACBuy, Artificial intelligence consulting and related services, contract AI05-26 Primary source, official