This chart shows you how the $11 Million Dollar COVID contract was awarded by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. In his blockbuster report, Greg Groogan has laid bare just how rotten this deal is. Groogan obtained documents that show Elevate Strategies did not win the ranking competition by the selection committee as Hidalgo represented. In fact, it came in second behind UT Health Science Center (UTHSC), a sixty-year-old institution with 5,600 employees, nearly $600 million in annual revenues, and a half-billion dollar endowment. Here were the original rankings by the selection committee. Houston Business Connections Newspaper is published by Aubrey R. Taylor Communications. All Rights Reserved.