ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-735
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
December 3, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
3 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-22-CS-SS-0007 with Hartman-Cox Architects, LLP to
provide architectural and engineering services for a new archival facility, and to authorize
payment for the 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 “Modification Nos. 3 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-22-CS-SS-0007
with Hartman-Cox Architects, LLP Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2 (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 3 and 5 to
Contract No. DCAM-22-CS-SS-0007 with Hartman-Cox Architects, LLP to provide
architectural and engineering services for a new archival facility (“Contract”) and to authorize
payment for the services received and to be received under the contract.
(b) On March 12, 2024, via Modification No. 3, the Department of General Services
increased the amount of the Contract by $931,000, from $5,868,588 to $6,799,588.
(c) Modification No. 5 would increase the amount of the Contract by $298,500, from
$6,799,588 to $7,098,088.
(d) Council approval is necessary because the modifications will increase the value of the
Contract by more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(e) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without
Council approval, Hartman-Cox Architects, LLP cannot be paid for goods and services provided
in excess of $1 million.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modification Nos. 3 and 5 to Contract No.
DCAM-22-CS-SS-0007 with Hartman-Cox Architects, LLP Approval and Payment
Authorization Emergency Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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