5112596 Contracting and Procurement, Office of - Notice of Final Rulmaking - To allow discretion in making a cost/price determination

OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

                       

The Chief Procurement Officer of the District of Columbia (CPO), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 204 and 1106 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-352.04 and 2-361.06) (2012 Repl.)(Act), hereby gives notice of the adoption of final rulemaking to amend Section 1630 of Chapter 16 (Procurement by Competitive Sealed Proposals), of Title 27 (Contracts and Procurement), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).  

 

The change will allow the contracting officer the discretion to determine, on a procurement-by-procurement basis, whether a price realism analysis is necessary.

 

The CPO gave notice of his intent to adopt these rules on July 21, 2014, and the proposed rules were published in the D.C. Register on August 22, 2014, at 61 DCR 8772.  No comments were received and no changes have been made to the text of the rules as published.  The CPO took final action to adopt these rules on September 23, 2014.

 

The rulemaking will become effective upon publication in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 16, PROCUREMENT BY COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS, of Title 27, CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Section 1630.2 is amended to read as follows:

 

1630.2             The contracting officer shall evaluate the cost or price to determine reasonableness.