MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
May
30, 2023
Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Enclosed
for consideration and enactment by the Council of the District of Columbia is an
emergency bill, the “Modification Nos. 4 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020
with
GCS, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023”, and the accompanying
emergency declaration resolution.
The
legislation will approve two modifications to the existing contract for construction
management
at-risk services for the Stead Park Recreation Center project and will authorize
payment to GCS, Inc. for services received and to be received under the contract.
If you have any questions regarding this legislation, please contact Delano Hunter, Acting
Director, Department of General Services (“DGS”), or have your staff contact George G. Lewis,
DGS’s Chief of Contracts and Procurement, at (202) 727-2800.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
May 30, 2023
Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council
of the District of Columbia
John
A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Enclosed for consideration and enactment by the Council
of the District of Columbia is an
emergency bill, the "Modification Nos. 4 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020 with
GCS, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of2023", and the accompanying
emergency declaration resolution.
The legislation will approve two modifications to the existing contract for construction
management at-risk services for the Stead Park Recreation Center project and will authorize
payment to GCS, Inc. for services received and to be received under the contract.
If you have any questions regarding this legislation, please contact Delano Hunter, Acting
Director, Department
of General Services ("DGS"), or have your staff contact George G. Lewis,
DGS
's Chief of Contracts and Procurement, at (202) 727-2800.
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A
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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ThairmanPhil Mendelson
at the request
of the Mayor
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos. 4
and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020, between
the Department of General
Services and GCS, Inc. to provide construction management at-risk services for Stead
Park
Recreation Center, increasing the Guaranteed Maximum Price ("GMP") amount by
$1,029,370, from $13,474,000 to $14,503,370, and to authorize payment to GCS, Inc. for
services received and to be received under these modifications.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution
may be cited as "Modification Nos. 4 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020
with GCS, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of
2023".
Sec. 2 (a)
There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. 4 and 5 to
Contract No.
DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020 with GCS, Inc. to provide construction management at
risk services associated with the modernization of the Stead Park Recreation Center, and to
authorize
payment for the services received and to be received under the modifications. 38 (b) On September 13, 2022, via Modification No. 4, the Department of General Services
39 incorporated ADA Impact Costs to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020, increasing the GMP
40 amount by $700,000.00, from $13,474,000.00 to $14,174,000.00, an amount under
$1 million.
41 Therefore, Council approval was not required for this modification.
42 (c) Proposed Modification No. 5 would increase the GMP amount by $329,370.00 from
43 $14,174,000.00 to $14,503,370.00. The aggregate value of the Modification No. 4 and proposed
44 Modification No. 5
is $1,029,370.00, an amount over $1 million; therefore, Council approval of
45 these modifications is required pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule
46 Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official
Code§ 1-204.51).
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48 Sec.
3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
49 enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
50 "Modification Nos. 4 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM-20-CS-RFP-0020 with GCS, Inc. Approval
51 and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023" be adopted after a single reading.
52 Sec.
4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. (b) On September 13, 2022, via Modification No. 4, the Department of General Services 38
incorporated ADA Impact Costs to Contract No. DCAM -20-CS-RFP-0020, increasing the GMP 39
amount by $700,000.00, from $13,474,000.00 to $14,174,000.00, an amount under $1 million. 40
Therefore, Council approval was not required for this modification. 41
(c) Proposed Modification No. 5 would increase the GMP amount by $329,370.00 from 42
$14,174,000.00 to $14,503,370.00. The aggregate value of the Modification No. 4 and proposed 43
Modification No. 5 is $1,029,370.00, an amount over $1 million; therefore, Council approval of 44
these modifications is required pursuant to section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 45
Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.51). 46
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Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 48
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the 49
“Modification Nos . 4 and 5 to Contract No. DCAM -20-CS-RFP-0020 with GCS, Inc. Approval 50
and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023” be adopted after a single reading. 51
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 52