Modification Nos. 1, 2, and 3 to Contract NFPHC-OPS-23-C-00059 between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and Morrison Management Specialists, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

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A RESOLUTION

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

September 17, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No.
NFPHC-OPS-23-C-00059 Modifications 1, 2, and 3 between the Not-for-Profit Hospital
Corporation, commonly known as United Medical Center, and Morrison Management
Specialists, Inc., for the provision of food and nutrition management services, and to
authorize payment for the 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 “Modifications No. 1, 2, and 3 to Contract NFPHC-OPS-23-C-
00059 Between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and Morrison Management Specialists,
Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Contract No. NFPHC-OPS-23-C-
00059 Modifications 1, 2, and 3 (“Contract”) between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation
(“Hospital”) and Morrison Management Specialists, Inc. (“Morrison”), for the provision of food
and nutrition management services to the Hospital, and to authorize payment for the services
received under this Contract.
(b) The Base Year agreement was approved by the Council in the amount of $1,527,560
for the period of August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024 (D.C. Act 25-472).
(c) Modification No. 1 represented a partial execution of option year one, from August 1,
2024, to March 31, 2025, for $997,649.
(d) When it was announced that Cedar Hill’s opening would be delayed by 15 days, the
Hospital prepared Modification No. 2 for $53,618, which sought to extend the Contract from
April 1, 2025, to April 15, 2025. This extension necessitates Council approval because, when
combined with Modification No. 1, the total retroactive value for the option year would be
$1,051,267.
(e) Unfortunately, Morrison was not able to obtain its Certificate of Clean Hands until
July 8, 2025, which made it impossible for the Hospital to submit the Contract modifications to
the Council until after its summer recess.
(f) As the Hospital continued to prepare for its September 30, 2025, dissolution and for
Council to resume business, it was determined that the Contract trended over budget due to the
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impact of inflation on the cost of food and higher than estimated utilization. These higher costs
totaled $93,466.00 and are captured in Proposed Modification No. 3.
(g) If Proposed Modification Nos. 2 and 3 are approved, the
revised total retroactive value of option year one would have an aggregate value of $1,144,733.
Council approval is therefore necessary.
(h) Without Council approval, Morrison cannot be paid for these critical food services
provided to the Hospital in excess of $1 million.

Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Modification Nos. 1, 2, and 3 to Contract
NFPHC-OPS-23-C-00059 Between the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation and Morrison
Management Specialists, Inc. Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025 be
adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.