6117710 Contracting and Procurement, Office of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amends Title 27 DCMR (Contracts and Procurement), Chapter 20 (Special Contracting Methods) to implement portions of the Procurement Practices Reform Act that govern ...
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OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Chief Procurement Officer of the District of Columbia, 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.)) (the “Act”), hereby gives notice of the adoption of final rulemaking to add a new Section 2003 of Chapter 20 (Special Contracting Methods), Title 27 (Contracts and Procurement), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
This rulemaking updates Chapter 20 and addresses the provisions in the Act that apply to the District’s Purchase Card Program. See D.C. Official Code §§ 2-351.04(51); 2-354.11(d); and 2-361.03(a), (c). The current Chapter 20 lacks a regulation that addresses the provisions of the Act that establishes a Purchase Card Program.
The Chief Procurement Officer gave notice of the intent to adopt these rules on December 9, 2015, and the proposed rules were published in the D.C. Register on February 19, 2016, at 63 DCR 1918. No comments were received and no changes have been made to the text of the rules as published. The CPO adopted these rules as final on June 2, 2016 and they will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 20, SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS, of Title 27 DCMR, CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT, is amended as follows:
A new Section 2003 is added to read as follows:
2003 PURCHASE CARD PROCUREMENTS
2003.1 The Director may establish and administer a purchase card program to be used by District employees to perform their agency’s programmatic functions.
