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PR26-0040 • 2025

Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-02-14
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not explicitly state that the resolution exempts the contract from certain procurement laws and protest procedures, though it implies such an exemption is necessary for timely approval.

Emergency Resolution for Compost Crew Contract

This emergency resolution allows the District of Columbia to approve and pay for an extended contract with Compost Crew, Inc., a benefit corporation, for organic waste collection services.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves and authorizes payment for Contract No. CW117574 between the District of Columbia and Compost Crew, Inc.
  • Extends the period of performance from July 19, 2024 to July 18, 2025 with a not-to-exceed amount of $4,122,574.
  • Allows for the continuation of organic waste collection services without interruption due to legal requirements that would otherwise prevent payment beyond $1 million in a year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government, specifically the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) and the Department of Public Works.
  • Compost Crew, Inc., a benefit corporation contracted for organic waste collection services.
  • Residential households in the District of Columbia who receive organic waste collection services.

Terms To Know

Benefit Corporation
A type of business that aims to create positive social and environmental impacts while still making a profit.
Procurement Practices Reform Act
A law in the District of Columbia that sets rules for how government contracts are awarded and managed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution only applies to this specific contract with Compost Crew, Inc.
  • It does not address future contracts or other waste management services beyond organic waste collection.
  • The emergency declaration allows the Council to bypass certain legal requirements for a limited time.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0023, Effective from Feb 04, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 001450

  2. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Public Works and Operations

  3. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0023

  5. 2025-01-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0040 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

February 4, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No.
CW117574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation, and to authorize payment
for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. CW117574 with Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit
Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. CW117574 with
Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation and to authorize payment for the goods and services
received and to be received under the contract.
(b) On July 19, 2024, the Office of Contracting and Procurement (“OCP”), on behalf of
the Department of Public Works, awarded a letter contract, Contract No. CW117574 with
Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation, to support organic waste collection from residential
households in the District for the period from July 19, 2024, through November 19, 2024, in the
not-to-exceed amount of $1 million.
(c) Modification No. 1 to the letter contract modified the price schedule of the contract
but did not increase the price.
(d) Modification No. 2 to the letter contract extended the period of performance through
December 18, 2024, at no additional cost.
(e) Modification No. 3 to the letter contract extended the period of performance through
January 15, 2025, at no additional cost.
(f) Modification No. 4 to the letter contract extended the period of performance through
January 31, 2025, and increased the not-to-exceed amount of the letter contract to $1,560,274.
(g) OCP now desires to definitize the contract for the period from July 19, 2024, through
July 18, 2025, in the not-to-exceed amount of $4,122,574.
(h) The Council intends that performance under the contract be authorized
notwithstanding the provisions of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April
8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code § 2-351.01 et seq.), or any other law or order,
including provisions that would otherwise authorize protests at, or other reviews by, the Contract
Appeals Board.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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(i) Under section 451(b)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(b)(1)), Council approval is
necessary because the value of the contract is more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(j) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these important services.
Without Council approval, Compost Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation cannot be paid for goods
and services provided in excess of $1 million for the period from July 19, 2024, through July 18,
2025.

Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Contract No. CW117574 with Compost
Crew, Inc. A Benefit Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025
be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.