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PR26-0128 • 2025

Modification Nos. M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Modification Nos. M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc. 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
2025-04-11
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on why council approval is necessary beyond the financial threshold, but it mentions that without approval, KBEC Group cannot be paid for services exceeding $1 million.

Emergency Resolution for Contract Modifications with KBEC Group

This resolution allows the District of Columbia to approve modifications to an existing contract with KBEC Group, Inc., and authorizes payment for services provided under this contract.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves five modifications (M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013) to an existing contract with KBEC Group, Inc.
  • Increases the total amount of money that can be spent under the contract from $350,180.52 to $1,403,657.97 over a period starting October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
  • Allows for the payment of KBEC Group, Inc., for goods and services provided under these modifications.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government
  • KBEC Group, Inc.

Terms To Know

Not-to-exceed (NTE) amount
A limit set on the total cost that can be spent under a contract.
Option year
An additional period of time during which services or goods may continue to be provided under an existing contract.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify how the increased costs will be funded.
  • It is unclear what specific services KBEC Group, Inc., provides under this contract.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0080, Effective from Apr 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004083

  2. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0080

  4. 2025-03-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Human Services

  5. 2025-03-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0128 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Modification Nos. M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc. 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

April 1, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC
Group, Inc., 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 “Modification Nos. M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013
to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. M0009, M0010,
M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc., and to
authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.
(b) On October 1, 2024, via Modification No. M0009, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement (“OCP”), on behalf of the Department of Human Services, partially exercised
option year 2 of Contract No. CW101632 with KBEC Group, Inc. in the not-to-exceed (“NTE”)
amount of $350,180.52 for the period of October 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
(c) Modification No. M0010 was an administrative modification.
(d) On December 31, 2024, via Modification No. M0011, OCP partially exercised option
year 2 through March 31, 2025, and increased the NTE amount by $356,559.15, to $690,539.67.
(e) On January 21, 2025, via Modification No. M0012, OCP partially exercised option
year 2 through April 30, 2025.
(f) Modification No. M0013 will exercise the remainder of option year 2 through
September 30, 2025, and increase the NTE amount by $713,118.30, to $1,403,657.97.
(g) Council approval is necessary because the modifications will increase the value of the
contract to more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(h) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.
Without Council approval, KBEC Group, Inc. cannot be paid for goods and services provided in
excess of $1 million for the period from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Modification Nos. M0009, M0010, M0011, M0012, and M0013 to Contract No. CW101632
with KBEC Group, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025 be
adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.