5124624 Resolution 20-606, "Change Order Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-CS-0003 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014"

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

20-606

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

September 23, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Change Order Nos. 001 through 003 to the Contract for construction services for the renovation and modernization of the Office of Cable Television, Contract DCAM-13-CS-0003, and to authorize payment to GCS, Inc., in the aggregate amount of $1,625,115.15 for the goods and services received and to be received under these change orders.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Change Order Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-CS-0003 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

            Sec. 2.(a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Change Order Nos. 001 through  003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-CS-0003 for additional construction services required to complete the renovation and modernization of the Office of Cable Television in the aggregate amount of $1,625,115.15, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received from GCS, Inc., under these change orders. 

            (b)  The underlying contract was previously approved by the Council (CA20-93). 

During the contract’s first 12- month period, from March 1, 2013, through February 28,

2014, the Department issued Change Order Nos. 001 and 001A.  The aggregate value of

these change orders was $315,221.15, which is less than $1 million, and therefore did not require Council approval.

(c)  During the contract’s second 12- month period, from March 1, 2014,

through February 28, 2015, the Department executed Change Order No. 002 in the

amount of $899,830.00. The proposed Change Order 003 in the amount of $410,000 will

cause the aggregate value of change orders issued, during the second 12-month

period of the contract, to exceed $1 million; thus,  Council approval is required.

            (d) The proposed Change Order No. 003, in the amount of $410,000, will increase

the aggregate value of Change Order Nos. 001 through 003 to $1,625,115.15.

(e)  Council approval of Change Order Nos. 002 and 003 in the aggregate amount of $1,309,930.00 is required pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), because the change orders will increase the total expenditures under the Contract by an amount in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period.

(f)  In addition, Council approval is necessary to compensate GCS, Inc., for work completed and to be completed under Change Order Nos. 002 and 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-CS-0003.

           

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Change Order Nos. 001 through  003 to Contract No.  DCAM-13-CS-0003 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.

           

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.