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                                                                    ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                       A RESOLUTION

                                            23-438

                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                                         July 7, 2020

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No.

       DCAM-20-NC-RFP-0001D between the Department of General Services and RBK

       Construction, Inc., increasing the aggregate not-to-exceed amount to $2,667,017, and to

       authorize payment to RBK Construction Inc., for 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. DCAM-20-NC-RFP-0001D with RBK

Construction, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of

2020.

        Sec. 2 (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DCAM No. DCAM-

20-NC-RFP-0001D for comprehensive city-wide landscaping maintenance and supplemental

landscaping services (Contract) between the Department of General Services and RBK

Construction, Inc. (Contractor), which would increase the aggregate not-to-exceed (NTE)

amount of the Contract to $2,667,017 and authorize payment to the Contractor for goods and

services received and to be received under the Contract.

         (b) On May 29, 2020, the Department issued a letter contract with a not-to-exceed

amount of $922,339. The proposed Contract, in the aggregate NTE amount of $2,667,017, will

definitize and include the previously issued letter contact and authorize services for the base

period through May 31, 2021.

        (c) The proposed Contract and incorporated letter contract would increase the aggregate

NTE amount by $1,744,678, from $922,339 to $2,667,017, an amount in excess of $1 million;

thus, Council approval of the proposed 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).

        (d) Council approval of the proposed Contract is necessary to authorize the continuation

of comprehensive city-wide landscaping maintenance and supplemental landscaping services and

compensate the Contractor for services provided and to be provided under the Contract.

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       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. DCAM-20-NC-RFP-0001D with RBK Construction, Inc. Approval and Payment

Authorization Emergency Act of 2020 be adopted after a single reading.

      Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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