Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details about the services or costs involved in the contract are not specified in the official source material.

Emergency Resolution for Contract with Pitney Bowes

This resolution declares an emergency to approve and fund multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 between the District of Columbia's Office of the Attorney General and Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems.

What This Bill Does

• Declares that there is a need for multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems for postage and mailing equipment by the Office of the Attorney General.
• Requires Council approval due to the contract's multiyear nature.
• Determines that continuing these services is necessary and constitutes emergency circumstances, allowing adoption after a single reading.

Who It Names or Affects

• The District of Columbia's Office of the Attorney General
• Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems

Terms To Know

Multiyear contract

A contract that lasts for more than one year.

Emergency circumstances

Situations requiring immediate action to address urgent needs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The resolution does not specify the exact services or costs involved in the contract with Pitney Bowes.
• It is unclear what specific emergency conditions necessitated this single reading approval process.

Official Summary Text

Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

November 4, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract
No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems for postage
and the lease of mailing equipment by the Office of the Attorney General, and to
authorize payment for the services 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. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal
Government Systems Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists a need to approve multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033
with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems for postage and the lease of mailing equipment
by the Office of the Attorney General.
(b) Because this is a multiyear contract, Council approval of this contract is required by
section 451 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51), and section 202 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act
of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code § 2-352.02).
(c) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.

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
Contract No. DCCB-2025-C-0033 with Pitney Bowes Federal Government Systems Approval
and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.