5061671 Resolution 20-581, “Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

20-581

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

July 14, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 with Teach Plus, Inc., to implement the Teachers Turnaround Teams Initiative, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 with Teach Plus, Inc., to implement the Teachers Turnaround Teams Initiative and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.

(b)  By letter contract dated June 3, 2013, the District of Columbia Public Schools (”DCPS”) awarded Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 to Teach Plus, Inc., to implement the Teachers Turnaround Teams Initiative. 

(c)  On September 13, 2013, DCPS definitized Contract No. GAGA-2013-C-0010 in an amount of $465,284 for the base period from June 3, 2013, through September 30, 2013. 

(d) By Modification No. 1, dated September 30, 2013, DCPS exercised the first option period from October 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014 in an amount of $936,269.

(e)  By Modification No.2, dated November 27, 2013, DCPS and the contractor agreed to reduce the amount for the first option period to $932,903.

(f)  DCPS now proposes Modification No. 4, which will exercise the second option period in the amount of $1,191,873 from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.

(g) Council approval is necessary for the contract is one in excess of $1 million and to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this approval, Teach Plus, Inc., cannot be paid for goods and services provided in excess of $1 million for the period from June 3, 2013, through June 30, 2014.

 

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. GAGA-2013-C-0010 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2014 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.