D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10, r. 10-B2216
An owner of a displaced business shall be eligible to receive the actual reasonable costs, as defined in § 2210.4, of a move accomplished by a commercial mover. These expenses shall be substantiated by receipted bills.
The Relocation Office may obtain, as a project expense, two (2) bids or estimates for each move expected to cost over five thousand dollars ($5,000) in order to determine the reasonableness of the moving cost.
Except for reasons beyond control of the claimant and found justifiable by the Relocation Office, no moving expense payment shall be made unless, at least thirty (30) days prior to moving, the business concern furnishes the Relocation Office a written notice of its intention to move, setting forth the address to which it expects to move and a list which generally identifies the property to be moved.
An owner of a displaced business who moves himself or herself may be paid an amount, limited to out-of-pocket expenses, not to exceed the estimated cost of accomplishing the move commercially based upon two (2) bids or estimates.
If in the judgment of the Relocation Office no bids or estimates can be obtained, the owner shall be paid the actual reasonable moving costs substantiated by receipted bills or other evidence or expenses incurred.
When personal property used in connection with the business to be moved is of high bulk-low value and the estimated cost of moving that property is disproportionate in relation to its value, the owner shall be paid an amount negotiated with respect to that property not to exceed the difference between the cost of comparable personal property on the market and the amount which would have been received for that property if liquidated.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10, r. 10-B2216