D.C. Code § 2-218.51

Current through codified legislation effective April 20, 2024

Section 2-218.51 - Waiver of subcontracting requirements

(a) The subcontracting requirements of § 2-218.46 may be waived only if there is insufficient market capacity for the goods or services that comprise the project and such lack of capacity leaves the contractor commercially incapable of achieving the subcontracting requirements at a project level. The subcontracting requirements of § 2-218.46 may only be waived in writing by the Director. An agency seeking waiver of the subcontracting requirements of § 2-218.46 shall submit to the Director a request for waiver, which shall include the following:

(1) The number of certified business enterprises, if any, qualified to perform the elements of work that comprise the project;

(2) A summary of the market research or outreach conducted to analyze the relevant market; and

(3) The consideration given to alternate methods for acquiring the work to be subcontracted in order to make the work more amenable to being performed by certified business enterprises.

(a-1) Before the Director approves an agency's waiver request, the Director shall:

(1) Send an electronic notice to all certified business enterprises notifying them of the agency's waiver request; and

(2) Post a copy of the agency's waiver request on the Department's website, or such other locations as the Department may establish, for 10 days to provide the public reasonable notice of the waiver request.

(b) If the Director approves an agency's request for waiver of the subcontracting requirements of § 2-218.46 and grants such a waiver, the Director's determination shall set forth the information outlined in subsection (a) of this section.

D.C. Code § 2-218.51

Oct. 20, 2005, D.C. Law 16-33, § 2351, 52 DCR 7503; Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-191, § 5(o)(2), 53 DCR 6794; Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 2062(f), 54 DCR 7052; July 18, 2008, D.C. Law 17-207, § 2(m), 55 DCR 6107; June 10, 2014, D.C. Law 20-108, § 2(cc), 61 DCR 3892; Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-234, § 2(c), 62 DCR 458.

For a requirement that the Department of Small and Local Business Development award a grant for a study to evaluate the circumstances under which insufficient market capacity of certified business enterprises results in a waiver of subcontracting requirements under this section, see section 2122 of D.C. Law 22-33.

Applicability of D.C. Law 20-108: Section 4(a) of D.C. Law 20-108 provided that applications pending as of June 10, 2014, shall not be subject to the provisions of the act.

Section 4(b) of D.C. Law 20-108 provided that, except as provided in § 2-218.46(f), contracts existing or pending as of June 10, 2014, shall not be affected by the provisions of the act.

Section 4(c) of D.C. Law 20-108 provided that the act shall apply upon the inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan, as certified by the Chief Financial Officer to the Budget Director of the Council in a certification published by the Council in the District of Columbia Register.

Section 4(c) of D.C. Law 20-108 was repealed by D.C. Law 20-155, § 7005.

Section 3 of D.C. Law 20-234 repealed temporary D.C. Law 20-156, § 2.