5564422 Resolution 21-153, Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 and Purchase Orders Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-153

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 30, 2015         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 and Purchase Orders PO464923, PO480867, PO481916, PO483589, PO488803, PO492965, PO493959, PO493967, PO495335, and PO496400 with Cardiac Connection Quality Compliance Corp. to provide Registered Nurses II services and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contracts.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 and Purchase Orders Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 and Purchase Orders PO464923, PO480867, PO481916, PO483589, PO488803, PO492965, PO493959, PO493967, PO495335, and PO496400 with Cardiac Connection Quality Compliance Corp. to provide Registered Nurses II services and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contracts.

(b) On June 3, 2013, Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 (“Contract”) was awarded to Cardiac Connection Quality Compliance Corp. for the period from June 3, 2013, to June 2, 2014.

(c) Between June 27, 2013, and May 15, 2014, the Department of Health Care Finance issued 10 purchase orders pursuant to the Contract with a total Contract not-to-exceed amount of $975,000.

(d) During the Contract period of performance, the Department of Health Care Finance ordered nursing services in the amount of $1,112,561 from Cardiac Connection Quality Compliance Corp.

 (e) Council approval is necessary because the actual value of the Contract and the purchase orders issued pursuant to the Contract exceeded $1,000,000 during a 12-month period.

(f) Approval of the Contract and Purchase Orders is necessary to allow payment for goods and services received by the District for vital services under the Contract and purchase orders.  Without this approval, Cardiac Connection Quality Compliance Corp. cannot be paid for goods and services it provided and will provide in excess of $1,000,000.

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 Blanket Purchase Agreement No. DOC108575 and Purchase Orders Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.