5424936 Resolution 21-33, Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-33

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

March 3, 2015         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 with the BLOC-Atlantic, LLC/Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design, Inc. Joint Venture for architectural and engineering services for the Hyde-Addison Elementary School Complex, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract and change orders.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2.(a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 with the BLOC-Atlantic, LLC/Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design, Inc. Joint Venture for architectural and engineering services for the Hyde-Addison Elementary School Complex in the aggregate amount of $1,248,102 and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract and change orders. 

            (b)  The District competitively bid and awarded Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 to BLOC-Atlantic, LLC/Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design, Inc. Joint Venture.  The initial value of  Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 was $675,102.  Thereafter, the District issued Change Order No. 001 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 in the amount of $163,287.67 and Change Order No. 002 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 in the amount of $87,500, increasing the total aggregate value of Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 to $925,889.67; thus, Council approval was not required. 

            (c) Change Order No. 003 in the amount of $222,212.33 will increase the aggregate value of Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138  to $1,148,102.

(d)  Council approval of Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138  is required 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), because the total expenditure under Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 will be in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 during a 12-month period.

(e)  Approval of Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 in the aggregate amount of $1,148,102 is necessary to compensate the BLOC-Atlantic, LLC/Shinberg/Levinas Architectural Design, Inc. Joint Venture for work completed and to be completed pursuant to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 for architectural and engineering services for the Hyde-Addison Elementary School Complex.

 

            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. DCAM-13-AE-0138 and Change Orders Nos. 001 through 003 to Contract No. DCAM-13-AE-0138 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.