5031698 Contracting and Procurement, Office of, Amend 27 DCMR, Ch. 32, Sec. 3205.1, to add a new section (r) to authorize advance payments to the Washington Hospitality Foundation to operate the Hospitality High School of Washington for the academic ...

THE OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

 

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AND PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) of the Office of Contracting and Procurement, 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 Section 3205 of Chapter 32 (Contract Financing and Funding) of Title 27 (Contracts and Procurement) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (“DCMR”). 

 

The purpose of this amendment is to add a new paragraph (r) to Subsection 3205.1, which permits the CPO to authorize advance payments to the Washington Hospitality Foundation (“Foundation”) to manage and operate the Hospitality High School of Washington, D.C. (“HHS”) for the academic year 2014-2015.

 

The Foundation, which has operated HHS as a public charter school for the past fifteen (15) years, elected not to renew its charter.  The Foundation has agreed to manage and operate HHS for the academic year 2014-2015, after which the District of Columbia Public Charter Schools will operate HHS.  The Foundation requires advance payments at the beginning of each quarter to fund its operation of HHS.  The first quarter of academic year 2014-2015 begins in July 2014; 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 July 22, 2014, the date of their adoption, and will expire on November 19, 2014 or upon publication of a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the D.C. Register, whichever occurs first. 

 

The CPO 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.

 

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

 

(r)        Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) through (g) above, the contracting officer may authorize advance payments to the Washington Hospitality Foundation to manage and operate the Hospitality High School of Washington, D.C. for the academic year 2014-2015.

 

All persons who desire to comment on these emergency and proposed rules should submit comments in writing to the Chief Procurement Officer, 441 4^th Street, 700 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, or by email to [e-mail].  All 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 rulemaking may be requested at the same address and e-mail as above, or by calling [phone].