6115479 Resolution 21-529, Contract No. CW38874 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-529

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

June 28, 2016        

 

                                                                                                                                             

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No. CW38874 with Public Consulting Group, Inc. to provide administrative services to the Department of Healthcare Finance and other District of Columbia agencies in accordance with federal statutory requirements, including Modification Nos. 0003 and 0004 to that contract, and to authorize payment in the total amount of $1,288,090 for the goods and services received and to be received pursuant to the contract and the modifications.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. CW38874 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists a need to approve proposed Contract No. CW38874 with Public Consulting Group, Inc. to provide administrative services to the Department of Healthcare Finance and other District of Columbia agencies in accordance with federal statutory requirements, including Modification Nos. 0003 and 0004 to that contract, and to authorize payment in the total amount of $1,288,090 for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract as modified by Modification Nos. 0003 and 0004.

(b) The District awarded Contract No. CW38874 to Public Consulting Group, Inc. on September 9, 2015 in the amount of $944,510.00 for the period September 13, 2015 through September 12, 2016.  On June 13, 2016, Modification No. 0004 was executed, increasing the contract amount of Contract No. CW38874 by $50,000.  Modification No. 0003 proposes to increase the contract amount of Contract No. CW38874 by an additional $293,580.  The total contract amount for the period from September 13, 2015 through September 12, 2016 will be $1,288,090.

 (c) Council approval of Contract No. CW38874 and Modification Nos. 0003 and 0004 to the contract is required pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), because they involve the expenditure of more than $1 million during a 12-month period.

 (d) Approval of Contract No. CW38874 and Modification Nos. 0003 and 0004 to the contract is necessary to allow the continued provision of these vital goods and services.  Without this approval, Public Consulting Group, Inc. cannot be paid for goods and services provided in excess of $1 million during the contract period from September 13, 2015 through September 12, 2016.

 

 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. CW38874 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.