4942264 Contracting and Procurement, Office of - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - To allow advance payments to District colleges or universities that provide facilities to the DOES for summer sessions of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership ...

THE OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

 

  NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Chief Procurement Officer of the District of Columbia, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 1106 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code § 2-361.06 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption, on an emergency basis, of an amendment to Subsection 3205.1 of Chapter 32 (Contract Financing and Funding) of Title 27 (Contracts and Procurement) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”). 

 

This amendment adds a new paragraph (q) to Subsection 3205.1, which permits the Chief Procurement Officer to authorize advance payments to District of Columbia colleges or universities that provide facilities to the Department of Employment Services for summer sessions of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute (“YLI”).  The YLI is required to provide two (2) two-week long summer training programs each year to eligible District youth.  The summer programs are required to be facilitated at a District college or university. District colleges and universities require prepayment for the use of their facilities.

 

Arrangements for the YLI summer programs are already underway; therefore adoption of these emergency rules is necessary for the immediate preservation and promotion of public safety and welfare.

 

The emergency rules will remain in effect for up to one hundred twenty (120) days from June 4, 2014, the date of their adoption, and will expire on October 2, 2014 or upon publication of a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the D.C. Register, whichever occurs first.  The Chief Procurement Officer also gives notice of intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt this amendment in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Subsection 3205.1 of Chapter 32, CONTRACT FINANCING AND FUNDING, of Title 27, CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENTS, of the DCMR is amended by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:

 

(q)        Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) through (g) above, the contracting officer may authorize advance payments to responsible District of Columbia colleges or universities that provide facilities to the Department of Employment Services for  summer sessions of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Institute upon a determination in writing by the Director that the advance payment is in the best interest of the District.

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should submit comments in writing to the Chief Procurement Officer, 441 4^th Street, 700 South, Washington, D.C. 20001.  Comments may be sent by email to [e-mail], by postal mail or hand delivery to the address above Comments must be received no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  A copy of this proposed rulemaking may be requested at the same address and e-mail as above, or by calling [phone].