5535322 Resolution 21-127, Contract No. DCJM-2009-E-0002 and Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 Modification Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-127

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 2, 2015         

 

                                                                                                                                             

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos. 10 and 11 to Contract No. DCJM-2009-E-0002 and proposed sole source Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 to continue services by Liberty Healthcare Corporation as a Quality Improvement Organization to conduct provider certification reviews, individual support plan utilization reviews, and service coordination performance audits of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Home and Community Based Services waiver providers for residents of the District of Columbia with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

 

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. DCJM-2009-E-0002 and Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 Modification Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos.10 and 11 to Contract No. DCJM-2009-E-0002 and proposed sole source Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 to continue services provided by Liberty Healthcare Corporation as a Quality Improvement Organization to conduct provider certification reviews, individual support plan utilization reviews, and service coordination performance audits of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Home and Community Based Services waiver service providers for residents of the District of Columbia with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

            (b)  Modification Nos. 10 and 11 to Contract No. DCJM-2009-E-0002 extended the contract beyond the 4th option period on a sole source basis from January 8, 2015, through May 7, 2015, in the amount of $827,285.14.  Proposed sole source Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 intends to award a sole source contract for the period of May 8, 2015, through December 7, 2015, in the amount of $1,003,952.01.  The total estimated amount for the period of January 8, 2015, through December 7, 2015, is $1,831,237.15.

(c)  Council approval is necessary since these modifications and sole source contract are in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period.

(d)  Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this approval, Liberty Healthcare Corporation cannot be paid for services provided in excess of $1 million.

 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. DCJM-2009-E-0002 and Contract No. DCJM-2015-S-0002 Modification Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.