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A RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
April 4, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 to Contract No. CW90941 with Aramark Correctional Services,
LLC to provide management and operation of the food service program for inmates, and
to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the
modifications.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Modifications to Contract No. CW90941 with Aramark
Correctional Services, LLC Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
and 13 to Contract No. CW90941 with Aramark Correctional Services, LLC to provide
management and operation of the food service program for inmates and to authorize payment for
the goods and services received and to be received under the modifications.
(b) By Modification No. 8, dated September 14, 2022, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, exercised a partial Option Period One
of Contract No. CW90941 for the period from September 15, 2022 through November 30, 2022,
in the not-to-exceed amount of $1 million.
(c) By Modification No. 9, dated October 14, 2022, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, extended the term of the partial Option
Period One of Contract No. CW90941 from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, at no cost
to the District.
(d) By Modification No. 10, dated December 19, 2022, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, exercised another partial Option
Period One of Contract No. CW90941 for the period from January 1, 2023 through February 28,
2023, in the not-to-exceed amount of $1,426,000.
(e) By Modification No. 11, dated February 15, 2023, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, extended the term of the partial Option
Period One of Contract No. CW90941 from March 1, 2023 to March 15, 2023, at no cost to the
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(f) By Modification No. 12, dated, March 9, 2023, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, exercised another partial Option
Period One of Contract No. CW90941 for the period from March 16, 2023 through April 15,
2023, in the not-to-exceed amount of $1.2 million.
(g) Modification No. 13 is now necessary to exercise the remainder of Option Period
One of Contract No. CW90941 for the period from April 16, 2023, through September 14, 2023,
in the not-to-exceed amount of $2,413,889, raising the total not-to-exceed amount for the period
from September 15, 2022, through September 14, 2023, to $6,039,889.
(h) Council approval is required by section 451(b) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(b)), as
these modifications increase the contract to more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(i) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this
approval, Aramark Correctional Services, LLC cannot be paid for goods and services provided in
excess of $1 million for the contract period September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2023.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modifications to Contract No. CW90941
with Aramark Correctional Services, LLC Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act
of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.