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PR26-0414 • 2025

Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Technology
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
2025-12-12
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not specify the exact nature of how the provided services will be used or their specific benefits, only that they are related to modernizing systems and improving citizen access to healthcare services.

Emergency Resolution for Contract with Carahsoft

This emergency resolution allows the District of Columbia to approve modifications and authorize payments for a contract with Carahsoft Technology Corporation, which provides technology services.

What This Bill Does

  • Approves Modifications M007 and M008 and proposes Modification M009 to Contract CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation.
  • Increases the contract's not-to-exceed amount from $338,319.16 to $1,909,658.58 for providing Amazon Web Services.
  • Authorizes payments for goods and services received or to be received under the contract.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The District of Columbia government
  • Carahsoft Technology Corporation

Terms To Know

Modification
A change made to an existing contract, such as adding or removing services.
Not-to-exceed amount
The maximum total cost allowed for a contract before it needs additional approval.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution only applies during the specified emergency period.
  • It does not provide details on how the services will be used or their specific benefits.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0259, Effective from Dec 02, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 013878

  2. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Health

  3. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0259

  5. 2025-11-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0414 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation 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

December 2, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Modification Nos.
M007 and M008 and proposed Modification No. M009 to Contract No. CW114997 with
Carahsoft Technology Corporation, 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 “Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation
Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve Modification Nos. M007 and
M008 and proposed Modification No. M009 to Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft
Technology Corporation, and to authorize payment for the goods and services received and to be
received under the contract.
(b) On September 29, 2025, by Modification No. M007, the Office of Contracting and
Procurement (“OCP”), on behalf of the Department of Health Care Finance, exercised a partial
option of option year 2 of the contract, for the period of October 1, 2025, through November 30,
2025, with Carahsoft Technology Corporation to provide Amazon Web Services to modernize
systems and improve citizen access to healthcare services and benefit programs in the not-to-
exceed amount of $338,319.16.
(c) On October 30, 2025, by Modification No. M008, OCP exercised an additional partial
option of option year 2, for the period of December 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, and
increased the not-to-exceed amount to $482,478.74.
(d) Proposed Modification No. M009 will exercise the remainder of option year 2 and
increase the not-to-exceed amount to$1,909,658.58.
(e) Under section 451(b)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.51(b)(1)), Council approval is
necessary because the modifications will increase the value of the contract to more than $1
million during a 12-month period.
(f) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.
Without this approval, Carahsoft Technology Corporation cannot be paid for goods and services
ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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provided in excess of $1 million for the period from October 1, 2025, through September 15,
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
Contract No. CW114997 with Carahsoft Technology Corporation Approval and Payment
Authorization Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.