MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
January 21, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
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 “Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew Inc. A Benefit Corporation
Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2024,” and the accompanying
emergency declaration resolution for Mods 01 through 05. The contract is in the estimated
amount of $4,524,736 for the period of July 19, 2024, through July 18, 2025.
The
legislation will approve Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew Inc. A Benefit
Corporation to support organic
waste collection f residential households in the District. In
addition,
the legislation will approve payment for the goods and services received and to be
received under the contract.
My administration is available to
discuss any questions you may have regarding the proposed
contract modification. In order to facilitate a response to any questions you may have, please have
your staff contact Marc Scott, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Contracting and Procurement, at
(202)724-
I urge the Council to take prompt and favorable action on the enclosed legislation.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser 1
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
11 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No.
17 CWl 17574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation, and to authorize payment
18 for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.
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20 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
21 resolution may be cited as the "Contract No. CWl 17574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit
22 Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution
of 2025".
23 Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. CWl 17574 with
24 Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation and to authorize payment for the goods and services
25 received and to be received under the contract.
26 (b) On July 19, 2024, the Office
of Contracting and Procurement ("OCP"), on behalf of
27 the Department of Public Works, awarded a letter contract, Contract No. CWl 17574 with
28 Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation, to support organic waste collection from residential
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in the District for the period from July 19, 2024 through November 19, 2024, in the
30 not-to-exceed amount
of $1 million.
31 ( c) Modification No. 1 to the letter contract modified the price schedule of the contract
32 but did not increase the price. (d) Modification No. 2 to the letter contract extended the period of performance t hrough 33
December 18, 2024 at no additional cost. 34
(e) Modification No. 3 to the letter contract extended the period of performance through 35
January 15, 2025 at no additional cost. 36
(f) Modification No. 4 to the letter contract extended the period of performance through 37
January 31, 2025 and increased the not -to-exceed amount of the letter contract to $1,560,274. 38
(g) OCP now desires to definitize the contract for the period from July 19, 2024 through 39
July 18, 2025, in the not-to-exceed amount of $4,122,574. 40
(h) The Council intends that performance under the contract be authorized 41
notwithstanding the provisions of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 42
8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18- 371; D.C. Official Code § 2-351.01 et seq .), or any other law or 43
order, including provisions that would otherwise authorize protests at or other reviews by the 44
Contract Appeals Board. 45
(i) Under section 451(b)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 46
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.51(b)(1)), Council approval is 47
necessary since the value of the contract is more than $1 million during a 12- month period. 48
(j) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these important services. Without 49
this approval, Compost Crew , Inc. A Benefit Corporation cannot be paid for goods and services 50
provided in excess of $1 million for the period from July 19, 2024 through July 18, 2025. 51
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute 52
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Contract No. CW117574 with Compost 53
Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2024 54
be adopted after a single reading. 55 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 56