District Of Columbia § 2-218.51 - Waiver of subcontracting requirements.
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§ 2-218.51. Waiver of subcontracting requirements.
2-218.51The subcontracting requirements of 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 may only be waived in writing by the Director. An agency seeking waiver of the subcontracting requirements of shall submit to the Director a request for waiver, which shall include the following:
The number of certified business enterprises, if any, qualified to perform the elements of work that comprise the project;
A summary of the market research or outreach conducted to analyze the relevant market; and
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.
Before the Director approves an agency’s waiver request, the Director shall:
Send an electronic notice to all certified business enterprises notifying them of the agency’s waiver request; and
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.
If the Director approves an agency's request for waiver of the subcontracting requirements of and grants such a waiver, the Director's determination shall set forth the information outlined in subsection (a) of this section.
Annotations
Section 3 of repealed temporary , § 2.
Section 4(c) of was repealed by , § 7005.
Section 4(c) of 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(b) of provided that, except as provided in , contracts existing or pending as of June 10, 2014, shall not be affected by the provisions of the act.
Applicability of : Section 4(a) of provided that applications pending as of June 10, 2014, shall not be subject to the provisions of the act.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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