District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill PR25-0187 Compare Versions

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1	1	March 22, 2023
2	2	The Honorable Phil Mendelson
3	3	Chairman
4	4	Council of the District of Columbia
5	5	1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 504
6	6	Washington, DC 20004
7	7	Dear Chairman Mendelson:
8	8	Pu
9	9	rsuant to D.C. Code §2-352.02 (a)(1), I have enclosed for consideration by the Council of the
10	10	District of Columbia, the Council Contract Summary for a proposed contract, in the amount of
11	11	up to Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) betwee n the District of Columbia Housing
12	12	Authority (“DCHA”) and Bennett Group
13	13	Inc. (“BGI”). This proposed contract is for on call
14	14	construction, repair and replacement services to be provided to DCHA to complete immediate
15	15	and ongoing repairs in DCHA’s portfolio of projects.
16	16
17	17	DCHA plans to enter into the contract with BGI for on call construction, repair and replacement
18	18	services using capital funds appropriated by the Council of the District of Columbia in the FY23
19	19	budget.
20	20	DCHA pa rtners through a cooperative business relationship with District of Columbia
21	21	Department of General Services (“DGS”) to purchase the necessary on call construction, repair
22	22	and replacement services from contractors selected for awards pursuant to a DGS Request for
23	23	Proposal (“RFP”) solicitation. DCHA selec ted BGI through a DGS RFP DCAM-22-CS-RFP-
24	24	0001 issued on October 1 4, 2021. DCHA determined that BGI met the technical requirements
25	25	of
26	26	the DGS RFP and has relevant experience working on multifamily housing projects similar to
27	27	the housing developments owned by DCHA a nd therefore is qualified
28	28	and capable of providing
29	29	DCHA’s required on call,
30	30	construction, repair and replacement services.
31	31	Pending a pproval by
32	32	the Council, DCHA proposes to award to BGI a four (4) yea r contract to
33	33	provide on ca ll construction, repair and replacement services to DCHA.
34	34	Concurrently,
35	35	I have also enclosed for consideration by the Council the Contract for S ervices
36	36	with Benne tt Group
37	37	Inc. Contract No. DCHA CA-XI-A-2023 Approval Resolution of 2023.
38	38	www.dchousing.org www.dchousing.org
39	39	As always, I am available to discuss any questions you may have regarding the proposed
40	40	contract. In
41	41	order to facilitate a response to any questions concerning this action, please have
42	42	your staff contact Jenna Cevasco, Chief of Staff
43	43	at (202) 384-0385.
44	44
45	45	.
46	46	I look forward to your favorable consideration of this proposed contract.
47	47	Sincerely,
48	48	Brenda Donald
49	49	Executive Director
50	50	Enclosures
51	51	NB/mm
52	52	cc: Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council March 22, 2023
53	53	The Honorable Phil Mendelson
54	54	Chairman
55	55	Council
56	56	of the District of Columbia
57	57	1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 504
58	58	Washington, DC 20004
59	59	Dear Chairman Mendelson:
60	60	District of Columbia Housing Authority
61	61	1133 North Capitol Street N.E.,
62	62	Washington, DC 20002-7599
63	63	(202] 535-1000 I dchousing,org
64	64	Brenda Donald, Executive Director
65	65	Pursuant to D.C. Code §2-352.02 (a)(l), I have enclosed for consideration by the Council of the
66	66	District
67	67	of Columbia, the Council Contract Summary for a proposed contract, in the amount of
68	68	up to Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000.00) between the District of Columbia Housing
69	69	Authority ("DCHA") and Brailsford & Dunlavey ("B&D"). This proposed contract is for
70	70	construction management services to be provided to DCHA for its portfolio
71	71	of projects
72	72	throughout the project life cycle from project inception through planning, bidding, design,
73	73	preconstruction, construction and post construction (start up, activation and turnover) phases.
74	74	DCHA plans to enter into the contract with B&D for construction management services using
75	75	capital funds appropriated by the Council
76	76	of the District of Columbia in the FY23 budget.
77	77	DCHA partners through a cooperative business relationship with District
78	78	of Columbia
79	79	Department
80	80	of General Services ("DGS") to purchase the necessary construction management
81	81	services from contractors selected for awards pursuant to a DGS Request for Proposal ("RFP")
82	82	solicitation. DCHA selected B&D through a DGS RFP DCAM-21-CS-RFP-0008 issued on
83	83	March 8, 2021. DCHA determined that B&D met the technical requirements
84	84	of the DGS RFP
85	85	and has relevant experience working on multifamily housing projects similar to the housing
86	86	developments owned by DCHA and therefore is qualified and capable
87	87	of providing DCHA's
88	88	required construction management services.
89	89	Pending approval by the Council, DCHA proposes to award to B&D a four ( 4) year contract to
90	90	provide construction management services to DCHA.
91	91	Concurrently, I have also enclosed for consideration by the Council the Contract for Services
92	92	with Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc. Contract No. DCHA CA-X-2023 Approval Resolution
93	93	of 2023.
94	94	www.dchousing.org As always, I am available to discuss any questions you may have regarding the proposed
95	95	contract. In order to facilitate a response to any questions concerning this action, please have
96	96	your staff contact Jenna Cevasco, Chief
97	97	of Staff at (202) 384-0385.
98	98	I look forward to your favorable consideration
99	99	of this proposed contract.
100	100	Sincerely,
101	101	Brenda Donald
102	102	Executive Director
103	103	Enclosures
104	104	NB/mm
105	105	cc: Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council
106	106	www.dchousing.org ~ ~-,e~---
107	107	4 Chairman Phil Mendelson
108	108	5 at the request
109	109	of District of
110	110	6 Columbia Housing Authority
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115	115	11 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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118	118	14 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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124	124	20 To approve a Contract for Services (DCHA CA-X-2023) with Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc. to
125	125	21 fund construction management services for the the District of Columbia Housing
126	126	22 Authority's (DCHA) portfolio
127	127	of projects.
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129	129	24 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
130	130	25 resolution may be cited as the "Contract for Services with Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc. Contract
131	131	26 No. DCHA CA-X-2023 Approval Resolution
132	132	of 2023."
133	133	27 Sec.
134	134	2. Pursuant to section 45l(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act,
135	135	28 approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Office
136	136	Code§ 1-204.51(c)(3), and section 202
137	137	29
138	138	of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371;
139	139	30 D.C. Code § 2-352.02, the Council
140	140	of the District of Columbia (Council) approves the Contract
141	141	31 for Services (DCHA CA-X-2023), a multiyear agreement between DCHA and Brailsford &
142	142	32 Dunlavey, Inc. to provide construction management services for DCHA's portfolio of projects.
143	143	33 Sec.
144	144	3. The Secretary of the Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its
145	145	34 adoption, to DCHA and the Mayor.
146	146	35 1 Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
147	147	2 The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement
148	148	of the Chief Financial Officer as the
149	149	3 fiscal impact statement required by section a
150	150	of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 197 5,
151	151	4 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code§ 1-301.47a).
152	152	5 Sec.
153	153	5. Effective date.
154	154	6 This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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159	159	Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 1
160	160	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Chief Financial Officer as the 2
161	161	fiscal impact statement required by section a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 3
162	162	approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 4
163	163	Sec. 5. Effective date. 5
164	164	This resolution shall take effect immediately. 6