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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 15. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CABLE TELEVISION |
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Chapter 15-41. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STANDARD OFFER SERVICE RULES |
Section 15-4110. MARKET MONITOR CONSULTANT
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4110.1The Consultant RFP is the document to be issued to hire the Commission’s Market Monitoring Consultant (“Consultant”). The SOS Administrator shall procure and pay for an independent consultant hired pursuant to the Consultant RFP. The Consultant shall be responsible for monitoring all aspects of the procurement of the SOS services. Specifically:
(a)The Consultant shall be selected by, shall take its direction from, and shall provide its consultation and work products to the Commission.
(b) The costs incurred by the SOS Administrator in hiring the Consultant may be included in the SOS Administrator’s incremental costs and may be recovered through the Administrative Charge, subject to Commission review and approval.
(c) The Consultant shall provide the Commission and the Office of the People’s Counsel with a final report as to each supply procurement and award.
(d)The Commission shall determine the qualifications of and evaluate all bidders. The Commission shall further direct the SOS Administrator, in writing, as to which bidder to award a contract for consulting service and the terms and conditions of that contract with the exception of the terms and conditions specifically described in this Section. The SOS Administrator shall execute the contract with the Consultant no later than four (4) weeks prior to the date of the initial pre-bid conference. The SOS Administrator shall be required to pay only for work that the Consultant does in reviewing the SOS Administrator’s compliance with Section 4104 and any other work that the Commission asks the Consultant to perform.
(e)The contract term for the contract between the SOS Administrator and the Consultant shall be for one-year, with an option to extend the contract for two (2) additional one-year terms. The option(s) shall be exercised by the Commission in its sole discretion; and
(f)Prior to the expiration of the initial contract awarded under this section, the second and subsequent consultant services contracts shall be awarded and administered consistent with Subsections 4110.1(a)-(e) herein.