6035260 Resolution 21-488, Contract No. CW42752 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-488

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

May 3, 2016        

 

           

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No. CW42752 with Fort Myer Construction Corporation to provide goods and services to the District during a declared state of emergency, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received under the contract.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. CW42752 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. CW42752 with Fort Myer Construction Corporation to provide goods and services to the District during a declared state of emergency, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received under the contract.

(b)  The Office of the Mayor declared a state of emergency in Mayor’s Order 2016-006 for the period from January 21, 2016, through February 5, 2016, because of a storm system which was expected to have serious widespread effects.  The City Administrator, in consultation with the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (“HSEMA”), was authorized to implement such measures as may be necessary or appropriate to protect persons and property in the District of Columbia from the conditions caused by the snow storm.  Section 5(b)(2) of the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1981, effective March 5, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-149; D.C. Official Code § 7-2304(b)(2)), authorized the District to procure any goods or services without regard to established operating procedures related to entering into contracts. 

(c) Upon authorization by HSEMA of the need for goods or services, the Office of Contracting and Procurement obtained the vital goods and services from Fort Myer Construction Corporation.

 (d)  Council approval is necessary because expenditures under the contract are in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period.

 (e)  Approval is necessary to allow payment for these vital services.  Without this approval, Fort Myer Construction Corporation cannot be paid for the goods and services provided in excess of $1 million for the contract period of January 21, 2016, through February 5, 2016.

 

 

 

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. CW42752 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.