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                                                                      ENROLLED ORIGINAL

                                       A RESOLUTION

                                             23-446

                   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-RFP-0007 between the Department of General Services and Chiaramonte

       Construction Company, increasing the Contract amount to a Guaranteed Maximum Price

       of $7,376,433, and to authorize payment to Chiaramonte Construction Company 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-RFP-0007 with Chiaramonte

Construction Company Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution

of 2020.

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

0007, the construction management-at-risk agreement for Benning Park Community Center,

(Contract) between the Department of General Services (Department) and Chiaramonte

Construction Company (Contractor) in a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $7,376,433

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

under the Contract.

        (b) On February 12, 2020, the Department issued a letter contract (Letter Contract)

with an initial not-to-exceed amount of $980,000. The proposed Contract would increase the

contract amount by $6,396,433 from the Letter Contract amount of $980,000 to a Guaranteed

Maximum Price (GMP) of $7,376,433.

        (c) The proposed Contracts GMP would increase the Contract amount in excess of $1

million during a 12-month period; therefore, 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 Contract is necessary to allow the Contractor to proceed with

construction management -at-risk services for Benning Park 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-RFP-0007 with Chiaramonte Construction Company 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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