5393702 Contracting and Procurement, Office of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - To amend Section 1899, definition of "blanket purchase agreement"

OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

                       

The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of the District of Columbia, 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.)), hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt final rulemaking to amend Section 1899 of Chapter 18 (Small Purchase and Other Simplified Purchase Procedures) of Title 27 (Contracts and Procurement) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The rulemaking corrects the definition of a blanket purchase agreement, which is outdated and inconsistent with current practice.

 

The CPO gives notice of intent to take final rulemaking action in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication in the D.C. Register.  

 

Chapter 18, SMALL PURCHASE AND OTHER SIMPLIFIED PURCHASE PROCEDURES, of Title 27 DCMR, CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 1899, DEFINITIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 1899.1 is amended as follows:

 

The definition of the term “blanket purchase agreement” is amended to read as follows:

 

Blanket purchase agreement - a pre-contractual agreement with a vendor which allows an agency to make small purchases by issuing a purchase order for each individual purchase.  

           

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should submit comments to the Chief Procurement Officer, 441 4^th Street, 700 South, Washington, D.C. 20001.  Comments may be sent by email to [e-mail], by postal mail or hand delivery to the address above, or by calling [phone].  Comments must be received no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  A copy of this proposed rulemaking may be requested at the same address, e-mail, or telephone number as above.