5683829 Resolution 21-223, Contract No. CW22673 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-223

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

September 22, 2015         

 

                                                                                                                                             

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No. CW22673 with Pearson VUE to provide professional-licensing services, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and 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. CW22673 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists a need to approve Contract No. CW22673 with Pearson VUE to provide professional-licensing services and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.

(b)  On July 2, 2013, the Office of Contracting and Procurement (“OCP”), on behalf of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, awarded Contract No. CW22673 (the “Contract”) to Pearson VUE in an amount of $650,000.00 for the period from July 2, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Actual expenditures under the Contract during this period totaled $961,790.00.

(c) By Modification No. 1 dated December 31, 2013, OCP extended the term of the Contract from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014 and increased the estimated amount of the Contract by $200,000.  Actual expenditures under the Contract during this extension period totaled $723,532.00.

(d)  By Modification No.2 dated March 31, 2014, OCP extended the term of the Contract from April 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014 and increased the estimated amount of the Contract by $650,000.  Actual expenditures under the Contract during this extension period totaled $1,578,025.00.

(e)  Modification No. 3 was an administrative change only.

(f)  By Modification No. 4, OCP increased the estimated amount of the Contract by $915,005.00.

(g)  By Modification No. 5, OCP extended the term of the Contract from October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 and increased  the estimated amount of the Contract by $1,170.000.00.  Actual expenditures under the Contract during this extension period totaled $470,705.00.

(h)  By Modification No. 6, OCP extended the term of the Contract from January 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 and increased the estimated amount of the Contract by $1,885.000.00, for a total estimated amount of $5,619,052.00 for the period from July 2, 2013 through September 30, 2015.

 (i)  Approval of the Contract and authorization of payment is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this approval, Pearson VUE cannot be paid for goods and services provided in excess of $1 million during each 12-month period of the Contract.

 

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. CW22673 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.