5704878 Resolution 21-243, Contract No. CW34843 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-243

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

October 6, 2015         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract No. CW34843 with Covanta Fairfax, Inc. to provide solid waste disposal services to be performed at a licensed and permitted Waste-to-Energy facility and to authorize payment for services to be received under the contract.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. CW34843 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists a need to approve multiyear Contract No. CW34843 with Covanta Fairfax, Inc. to provide solid waste disposal services to be performed at a licensed and permitted Waste-to-Energy facility.

(b)  The District proposes to enter into multiyear Contract No. CW34843 with Covanta Fairfax, Inc. for a base period of 5 years, with 2 3-year options.  The estimated value of the base period is $35,661,880.

(c)  Council approval is necessary 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), to allow provision of these services.  Without this approval, the District will not have a place to dispose of collected municipal solid waste.

 

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 Contract No. CW34843 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.