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1+March 28, 2023
2+Dear Chairman Mendelson:
3+Sincerely,
4+Enclosures
5+400 Sixth Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20001-5790, (202) 727-3400, Fax (202) 730-0484
6+Brian L. Schwalb
7+Attorney General
8+The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman
9+Council of the District of Columbia
10+John
11+ A. Wilson Building
12+1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
13+Washington, DC 20004
14+This contract arranges outside legal counsel from Outten & Golden to assist OAG with complex
15+litigation against Power Design, Inc. and related codefendants for violating the District’s wage-and-
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17+ laws. The contract is a definitive multi-year, contingency-fee contract with a not-to-exceed
18+contract amount of $55 million. The base period of performance is from the date of award through
19+five years thereafter. This contract will definitize a letter contract awarded on December 16,2022.
20+Enclosed for consideration and approval by the Council of the District of Columbia is proposed
21+emergency legislation (“Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0015 with Outten & Golden LLP Approval
22+and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023”) and an accompanying emergency
23+declaration resolution to approve a multi-year contract between the Office of the Attorney General
24+(OAG) and Outten & Golden LLP.
25+If you have any questions, please contact Deputy Attorney General Emily Gunston at (202) 805-
26+7638 or emily.gunston@dc.gov. I look forward to favorable consideration of this contract.
27+Attorney General
28+BRIAN L. SCHWALB
29+GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
30+Office of the Attorney General
31+★ ★ ★ A BILL
1132 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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33+BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
34+act may be cited as the “Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0015 with Outten & Golden LLP Approval22
35+and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023”.23
36+Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved24
37+December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), and section 202 of the25
38+Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C.26
39+Official Code § 2-352.02), the Council approves multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-001527
40+with Outten & Golden LLP, to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney General for a28
41+wage and hour matter, and authorizes payment in the not-to-exceed amount of $55 million for29
42+goods and services received and to be received under Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0015.30
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1566 To approve, on an emergency basis, multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0015 with Outten &
16-Golden LLP to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney General, and to
67+Golden LLP, to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney General, and to
1768 authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the
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20- BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
21-act may be cited as the “Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0015 with Outten & Golden LLP Approval
22-and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023”.
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24-Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
25-December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), and notwithstanding section
26-202 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-
27-371; D.C. Official Code § 2-352.02), the Council approves multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2023-
28-F-0015 with Outten & Golden LLP to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney
29-General for a wage and hour matter and authorizes payment in the not-to-exceed amount of $55
30-million for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.
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32-Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.
33-The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the fiscal
34-impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
35-approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).
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37-Sec. 4. Effective date.
38-This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
39-Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than
40-90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in
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72+Sec. 3. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement provided by the Chief Financial Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-33
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74+Sec. 4. This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of35
75+veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no36
76+longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in37
77+Section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (8738
78+Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).39