District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill PR25-0162 Compare Versions

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6		-	A RESOLUTION
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10		-	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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12		-	April 4, 2023
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16		-	To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the Contract for
17		-	Services, Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-2023, with JDC Construction Company, LLC to
18		-	fund construction management services for the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s
19		-	portfolio of projects
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21		-	RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
22		-	resolution may be cited as the “Contract for Services with JDC Construction Company LLC
23		-	Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-2023 Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
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25		-	Sec. 2 There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DCHA-CA-X-A-2023
26		-	between JDC Construction Company and the District of Columbia Housing Authority to support
27		-	the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s building inspection, maintenance, and repair
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30		-	Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
31		-	emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Contract for Services with JDC
32		-	Construction Company LLC Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-2023 Emergency Approval
33		-	Resolution of 2023 be adopted on an emergency basis.
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35		-	Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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	3	+	Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2
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	7	+	A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6
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	11	+	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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	15	+	To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve a Contract 14
	16	+	for Services (DCHA CA-X-A-2023) with JDC Construction Company LLC to fund 15
	17	+	construction management services for the District of Columbia Housing 16
	18	+	Authority’s portfolio of public housing. 17
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	20	+	RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That 19
	21	+	this resolution may be cited as the “Contract for Services with JDC Construction 20
	22	+	Company LLC Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-2023 Emergency Declaration Resolution of 21
	23	+	2023”. 22
	24	+	Sec. 2(a) In September 2022, the federal Department of Housing and Urban 23
	25	+	Development (HUD) issued a report on an assessment of the District of Columbia 24
	26	+	Housing Authority (DCHA) that HUD had conducted earlier that year. Among many 25
	27	+	other issues, HUD found that “DCHA is not maintaining [public housing] units in decent, 26
	28	+	safe, and sanitary condition.” HUD also recommended that “DCHA should categorize its 27
	29	+	inventory of vacant units to determine units ready for immediate occupancy, those 28
	30	+	requiring typical turnover prep and those requiring significant modernization and 29
	31	+	immediately take actions to increase occupancy and house more families.” 30
	32	+	(b) DCHA has begun to implement an initiative to conduct a comprehensive 31
	33	+	inspection of every unit in every public housing building in its portfolio, starting with 32 2
	34	+	each building’s occupied units; rapidly address any urgent issues identified; and continue 33
	35	+	from there to address other work orders according to their urgency. 34
	36	+	(c) DCHA’s in-house property management, inspection, maintenance, and 35
	37	+	construction teams lack the capacity to perform construction management services 36
	38	+	regarding the work described above on a timeframe that meets residents’ needs and 37
	39	+	satisfies HUD’s demand for immediate action. DCHA has therefore worked with the 38
	40	+	District of Columbia Department of General Services (DGS) to identify local contractors 39
	41	+	capable of performing on-call construction, repair, and replacement services. 40
	42	+	Specifically, DCHA reviewed competitive bids that DGS had received in response to 41
	43	+	solicitation DCAM-CS-21-RFP-0008 for construction management services at 42
	44	+	government facilities. From there, DCHA identified a set of successful bidders from 43
	45	+	DGS’s process to serve as a Qualified Bidder List for similar services to DCHA. 44
	46	+	(d) The DCHA Stabilization and Reform Board has approved a set of contracts 45
	47	+	for this purpose, including Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-2023, between DCHA and JDC 46
	48	+	Construction Company LLC (the “Contractor”). Under the contract, DCHA would award 47
	49	+	up to $8 million worth of task orders over a 4-year period to this Contractor through 48
	50	+	competitive award processes involving the Contractor and other Qualified Bidder List 49
	51	+	participants. 50
	52	+	(e) Section 451(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 51
	53	+	December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(c)), requires active 52
	54	+	Council approval of multiyear contracts. 53
	55	+	(f) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. DCHA CA-X-A-54
	56	+	2023, between DCHA and the Contractor, to allow the Contractor to support DCHA’s 55 3
	57	+	urgent building inspection, maintenance, and repair efforts by providing construction 56
	58	+	management services. 57
	59	+	Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 58
	60	+	enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 59
	61	+	“Contract for Services with JDC Construction Company LLC Contract No. DCHA CA-60
	62	+	X-A-2023 Emergency Approval Resolution of 2023” be adopted on an emergency basis. 61
	63	+	Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 62