Section 19-303. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

 

303.1Before issuing any invitation for bids or request for proposals, the CCO shall review the Office of Local Business Development database to determine if there are any certified local, small or disadvantaged business enterprises qualified to provide the goods, services or construction being sought pursuant to the Equal Opportunity for Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Act of 1992, as amended (D.C Law 9-217; D.C. Code § 2-217.01 et seq.).

 

303.2If there are three or more such certified local, small or disadvantaged business enterprises, then the CCO shall make a written determination as to whether or not the procurement should be placed in the sheltered market, and open only to such enterprises.

 

303.3If there are three or more such certified local, small or disadvantaged business enterprises and the CCO does not place the procurement in the sheltered market, then the CCO shall require in any invitation for bids or request for proposals that such certified enterprises provide at least 35% by dollar volume of goods, services or construction procured.

 

303.4The CCO shall provide in the Authority’s procurements that offerors and subcontractors submitting evidence that they are certified by the Local Business Development Commission shall be awarded a reduction in price (in the case of bids and quotations) or preference points (in the case of proposals), pursuant to the Equal Opportunity for Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Act of 1992, as amended (D.C. Law 9-217; D.C. Code § 2-217.01 et seq.).

 

303.5The CCO shall include in every procurement that is subject to the First Source Employment Agreement Act of 1984, as amended (DC Law 5-93; DC Code § 2-219.01 et seq.), or the Equal Opportunity for Local, Small, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Act of 1992, as amended (DC Law 9-217; DC Code § 2-217.01 et seq.), a provision that the contractor shall cease and desist from all further work upon receipt of a written determination from the CCO that the contractor is not in compliance with either of those acts.

 

303.6The CCO shall include in every procurement for a project of the Authority a provision that 51% of the contractor's employees hired after the date the contractor enters into the contract shall be District residents.

 

303.7The CCO shall prepare for the Board's transmittal to the Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report setting forth the Authority's progress regarding contracts with local, small, and disadvantaged business enterprises and the hiring of District residents.

 

authority

The Board of Directors of the Washington Convention Center Authority, pursuant to section 203 of the Washington Convention Center Authority Act of 1994, D.C. Law 10-188, D.C. Code § 10-1201.03.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 4907, 4910-11 (August 22, 1997); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 47 DCR 9199 (November 17, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 48 DCR 929 (February 2, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 49 DCR 10814 (November 29, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 50 DCR 3860 (May 16, 2003).

EditorNote

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9261 renamed chapter 3, "Washington Convention and Sports Authority: Procurement." Chapter 3 was formerly entitled, "Washington Convention Center: Procurement."