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                                                                       ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                        A RESOLUTION

                                             23-445

                   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-19-CS-AE-0056 between the Department of General Services and Bell

       Architects, PC, increasing the amount of the Contract to $1,910,118, and to authorize

       payment to Bell Architects, PC 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-19-CS-AE-0056 with Bell Architects, PC

Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020.

       Sec. 2.(a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DCAM-19-CS-AE-

0056, the agreement for architectural engineering services for Chevy Chase Community Center

(Contract) between the Department of General Services (Department) and Bell Architects,

PC (Contractor), which would increase the amount of the Contract to $1,910,118, and to

authorize payment to the Contractor for goods and services received and to be received under the

Contract.

       (b) The Department previously executed a letter contract in the initial not-to-exceed

amount of $995,827. The value of letter contract was less than $1 million; thus, it did not require

Council approval. The proposed Contract would increase the amount of the Contract by

$914,291, from $995,827 to $1,910,118.

       (c) The Contract is now in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period; therefore,

Council approval of the 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 Contract is necessary to authorize the Contractor to proceed

with architectural engineering services for Chevy Chase Community Center.

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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-19-CS-AE-0056 with Bell Architects, PC 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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