ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 11, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
15, 16, and 17 to Contract No. DCKA-2017-C-0047 with First Choice Masonry, Inc. to
provide construction and related services for the installation of bicycle and pedestrian
facilities to the Department of Transportation, 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. 15, 16, and 17 to Contract No. DCKA-2017-
C-0047 with First Choice Masonry, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 15, 16, and 17
to Contract No. DCKA-2017-C-0047 with First Choice Masonry, Inc. to provide construction
and related services for the installation of bicycle and pedestrian facilities to the Department of
Transportation and authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received
under the modifications.
(b) By Modification No. 15, dated February 21, 2023, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, exercised a part of Option Year 4
of Contract No. DCKA-2017-C-0047 for the period February 27, 2023 through May 28, 2023, in
the not-to-exceed amount of $999,000.
(c) By Modification No. 16, dated May 15, 2023, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, exercised another part of Option
Year 4 of Contract No. DCKA-2017-C-0047 for the period May 29, 2023 through August 25,
2023, at no cost to the District.
(d) Modification No. 17 is now necessary to exercise the remainder of Option Year 4 for
the period August 26, 2023 through February 26, 2024, in the not-to-exceed amount of
$964,602.55, thereby increasing the total not-to-exceed amount of Option Year 4 to
$1,963,602.55.
(e) Council approval is required by section 451(b) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(b)), as the
contract will be in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period.
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(f) Approval on an emergency basis is necessary to allow the timely continuation of
these vital services. In addition, without this approval, First Choice Masonry, Inc. cannot be paid
for goods and services provided in excess of $1 million for the contract period February 27, 2023
through February 26, 2024.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modification Nos. 15, 16, and 17 to
Contract No. DCKA-2017-C-0047 with First Choice Masonry, Inc. Approval and Payment
Authorization Emergency Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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