4855837 Contracting and Procurement, Office of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - To allow publication of the names of offerors that will receive an RFP

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 intent to adopt final rulemaking to amend Section 1615 of Chapter 16, Procurement by Competitive Sealed Proposals, of Title 27, Contracts and Procurement, of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The CPO gave notice of his intent to adopt these rules on January 16, 2014, and the proposed rules were published in the D.C. Register on February 14, 2013, at 61 DCR 1322.  No changes have been made to the text of the rules as published.  The CPO adopted these rules as final on March 14, 2014.

 

The rules 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 1615.7 is amended to read as follows:

 

1615.7             The contracting officer shall determine the financial and professional responsibility of each prospective contractor and rank them in writing from the most qualified to the least qualified on the basis of the information provided. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1629, prior to the issuance of the RFP the contracting officer may make available the identities of the highest-ranked offerors who will be issued an RFP.