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PR26-0254 • 2025

Modification Nos. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Modification Nos. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless 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

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Emergency Approval for Contract Modifications

This resolution allows the District of Columbia to approve and pay for contract modifications with Verizon Wireless during an emergency situation.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves Modification Nos. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to a contract between the District of Columbia and Verizon Wireless.
  • Increases the value of the contract by $8,680,000 from an initial amount of $1 million for services provided during option year 4.
  • Allows payment for goods and services received under the modified contract.
  • Requires Council approval because the modifications increase the contract's value by more than $1 million within a 12-month period.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government
  • Verizon Wireless (Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless)

Terms To Know

Not-to-exceed amount (NTE)
A limit set on the total cost for a contract or part of it.
Option year
An additional period during which services can be extended under an existing contract.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify who will pay for the increased amount.
  • It is unclear what specific goods and services are covered by these modifications.

Bill History

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

    Resolution R26-0172, Effective from Jul 14, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 008030

  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 R26-0172

  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. 2025-06-26 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0254 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Modification Nos. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

1

A RESOLUTION

26-172

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.
M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco Partnership d/b/a
Verizon Wireless, 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. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No.
CW86331 with Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. M0008, M0009,
and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, and to
authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be received under the contract.
(b) On March 3, 2025, via Modification No. M0008, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement (“OCP”), on behalf of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, extended the
term of option year 3, at no additional cost, for the period March 8, 2025, through March 22,
2025.
(c) On March 21, 2025, via Modification No. M0009, OCP amended Modification No.
M0008 by replacing the no-cost extension of option year 3 with a partial exercise of option year
4 in the not-to-exceed (“NTE”) amount of $1 million for the period from March 8, 2025, through
March 7, 2026.
(d) Modification No. M0010 would amend Modification No. M0009 to increase the NTE
amount by $8,680,000, from $1 million to $9,680,000 and exercise the remainder of option year
4 for the period from March 8, 2025, through March 7, 2026.
(e) Council approval is necessary because the modifications will increase the value of the
contract by more than $1 million during a 12-month period.
(f) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.
Without Council approval, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless cannot be paid for goods
and services provided in excess of $1 million for the period from March 8, 2025, through March
7, 2026.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

2

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. M0008, M0009, and M0010 to Contract No. CW86331 with Cellco
Partnership dba Verizon Wireless Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025
be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.