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Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs
Notice of Public Hearing
John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite G-6 Washington, DC 20004
REVISED
COUNCILMEMBER VINCENT B. ORANGE, SR., CHAIR
COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, CONSUMER, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING
ON
B20-892, THE “SMALL AND CERTIFIED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE WAIVER CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”
B20-938, THE “CERTIFIED BUSINESS RE-CERTIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”
B20-939, THE “SMALL AND CERTIFIED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE QUARTERLY EXPENDITURE AMENDMENT ACT OF 2014”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014, 10:00 A.M.
JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING, ROOM 500
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the rescheduling of a public hearing by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs on B20-892, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014”. The public hearing is rescheduled from Wednesday, October 15, 2014 to Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004. This notice is revised to announce the rescheduling of the hearing for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500. In addition, the notice is being revised in order to add two new items to the hearing agenda: B20-938, the “Certified Business Re-Certification Amendment Act of 2014” and B20-939, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Quarterly Expenditure Amendment Act of 2014”.
B20-892, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Waiver Certification Amendment Act of 2014” amends the Small, Local, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Development and Assistance Act of 2005 (“Act”) to require the Director of the Department of Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD”), prior to granting a waiver under Section 2346 of the Act, to conduct a good faith effort to determine that there are no qualified small or certified business enterprises to perform the contract solicitation. Further, the Director would be required to wait 20 days before granting a proposed waiver and must issue a written waiver certification that all good faith requirements have been met.
B20-938, the “Certified Business Re-Certification Amendment Act of 2014” would amend the Act to allow for self-certification, longer re-certification times for a business that has been previously certified and to reduce the amount of paperwork necessary for re-certification.
B20-939, the “Small and Certified Business Enterprise Quarterly Expenditure Amendment Act of 2014” would amend the Act to require all District agencies spend at least 25% of its expendable budget on a quarterly basis with Small Business Enterprises (SBE), prohibit agencies from spending more than 50% of its non-SBE expendable budget with non-SBE’s, and provides a penalty for agency directors for non-compliance.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public hearing are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at (202) 727-6683 or by email at fcaldwell@dccouncil.us and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.
If you are unable to testify at the public hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of business Monday, November 3, 2014. Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite G-6 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.
