5980164 Resolution 21-466, Contract No. CW41701 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-466

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

April 5, 2016        

 

           

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract No. CW41701with Systems and Methods, Inc. to operate and manage the District’s State Disbursement Unit in support of the Child Enforcement Program, and to authorize payment for the 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. CW41701 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) The Office of Contracting and Procurement, on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General, Child Support Services Division, proposes to enter into a multiyear agreement with Systems and Methods, Inc. to operate and manage the State Disbursement Unit. 

            (b)   The estimated total expenditure under this multiyear contract with Systems and Methods, Inc. is in the amount of $8,340,000.  

            (c)  Approval is necessary to allow the District to receive the benefit of these vital services from Systems and Methods, Inc. 

            (d)   These critical services can only be obtained through an award of this multiyear contract with Systems and Methods, Inc. 

 

            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. CW41701 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.