(a) There is established in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development an Office of Public-Private Partnerships.
(b) The Office shall:
(1) Be the primary public entity responsible for facilitating the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, delivery, and oversight of public-private partnerships that involve a public entity in the District; and
(2) Consult and coordinate with all public entities that possess relevant knowledge, skills, and expertise in developing requests for proposals, evaluating responses, and negotiating and administering public-private partnership agreements under this chapter.
(c) The Office may retain consultants or enter into contracts to provide financial, legal, or other technical expertise necessary to assist in the development, solicitation, evaluation, award, delivery, and oversight of public-private partnership projects.
(d) The Office shall not have the power to pledge the full faith and credit of the District government, nor shall any obligation issued by the Office or any entity sponsored by the Office in connection with any public-private partnership agreement be a general obligation of the District government unless authorized by an act of the Council.
(e)(1) The Office may delegate to the Office of Contracting and Procurement ("OCP"), at the discretion of OCP, the authority to serve as the contracting officer for the Office for public-private partnership agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter and to carry out other contracting functions related to public-private partnerships on behalf of the Office.
(2) Any OCP employee exercising authority delegated pursuant to this subsection shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated to effectuate this chapter.
(Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-228, § 102, 62 DCR 261; Mar. 13, 2019, D.C. Law 22-249, § 3, 66 DCR 983; Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16, § 2122, 66 DCR 8621.)
Section 4 of D.C. Law 22-249 provided that the amendments made to this section by D.C. Law 22-249 shall apply as of January 1, 2017.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2122 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-112, Sept. 4, 2019, 66 DCR 11964).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2122 of Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-91, July 22, 2019, 66 DCR 8497).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3 of Office of Public-Private Partnerships Delegation of Authority Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-605, Jan. 24, 2019, 66 DCR 1589).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3 of Office of Public-Private Partnerships Delegation of Authority Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-490, Oct. 25, 2018, 65 DCR 12062).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3 of Office of Public-Private Partnerships Delegation of Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-435, Aug. 2, 2018, 65 DCR 8347).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 3 of Office of Public-Private Partnerships Delegation of Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Law 22-187, Nov. 27, 2018, 65 DCR 11410).