5575577 Resolution 21-167, Modification Nos. 24 and 25 to Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

                                                           A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-167

 

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 Modification Nos. 24 and 25 to Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 with OST, Inc. to provide IT Staff Augmentation (ITSA) services, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the modifications.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Modification Nos. 24 and 25 to Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 24 and 25 to Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 with OST, Inc. to IT Staff Augmentation (ITSA) services, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the modifications.

(b) On August 19, 2008 Contract Number DCTO-2008-C-0135 was awarded to OST, Inc., for a term from August 19, 2008, through August 18, 2009, with 4 option years, in an amount not to exceed $150 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,000.

(c) The District exercised all 4 option years through August 18, 2013.

(d) By Modification No. 19, the District extended the term of Contract Number DCTO-2008-C-0135 from August 19, 2013, through January 18, 2014, in an amount not to exceed  $20 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,000.

(e) By Modification No. 20, the District extended the term of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from January 19, 2014, through May 31, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $20 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,000.

(f) By Modification No. 21, the District extended the term of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from June 1, 2014, through August 31, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $20 million, with a minium guarantee of $100,000.

(g) By Modification No. 22, the District extended the term of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from September 1, 2014, through November 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $20 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,000.

(h) By Modification No. 23, the District extended the term of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from December 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $20 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,000.

(i) By Modification No. 24, the District extended the term of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from April 1, 2015, through September 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $50 million, with a minimum guarantee of $100,00.

(j) By Modification No. 25, the District reduced from $50 million to $35 million the not-to-exceed amount for the extension of Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 from April 1, 2015, through September 30, 2015.

(k) Council approval is necessary because Modification Nos. 24 and 25 would increase the contract value to more than $1 million during a 12-month period.  

 (1) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this approval, OST Inc., 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 Modification Nos. 24 and 25 to Contract No. DCTO-2008-C-0135 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.