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PR26-0249 • 2025

Modification Nos. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Modification Nos. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications 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
2025-07-18
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not explicitly state that council approval is required due to an increase exceeding $1 million; it implies this necessity without stating it directly.

Emergency Approval for Telecom Services Contract

This resolution allows the District of Columbia to approve and pay for modifications M10 and M11 to a contract with Verizon Communications, which are needed to maintain telecommunications services.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves Modification Nos. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications.
  • Increases the amount of the contract from $983,547.48 to $2,950,642.44 for a period starting August 30, 2025, through April 28, 2026.
  • Authorizes payment for goods and services provided under the contract.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government
  • Verizon Communications

Terms To Know

Modification Nos.
Changes made to an existing contract.
Emergency Declaration Resolution
A resolution passed quickly in response to urgent needs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact services provided under the contract are not detailed.
  • It does not specify how the additional funds will be allocated or used beyond increasing the contract amount.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0171, Effective from Jul 14, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 008028

  2. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2025-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0171

  4. 2025-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

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

  5. 2025-06-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0249 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Modification Nos. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED ORIGNAL

1

A RESOLUTION

26-171

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

July 14, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications, 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. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with
Verizon Communications Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. M10 and M11
to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications to manage and maintain
telecommunications services for the government of the District of Columbia, and to authorize
payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.
(b) On April 28, 2025, via Modification No. M10, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement, on behalf of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, partially exercised option
year 3 in the amount of $983,547.48 for the period from April 29, 2025, through August 29,
2025.
(c) Modification No. M11 would exercise the remainder of option year 3 and increase the
amount by $1,967,094.96, from $983,547.48 to $2,950,642.44 for the period from August 30,
2025, through April 28, 2026.
(d) Council approval is necessary because the modifications will increase the value of the
contract by more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(e) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.
Without Council approval, Verizon Communications cannot be paid for goods and services
provided in excess of $1 million for the period from April 29, 2025, through April 28, 2026.

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. M10 and M11 to Contract No. CW94742 with Verizon Communications
Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.
ENROLLED ORIGNAL

2

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.