1906.1 Prior to conducting discussions with a service provider who has submitted a statement of qualifications in accordance with § 1905.3, the contracting officer shall make a written determination that the service provider is qualified, based on the criteria in §1905.6.

1906.2 Following pre-qualification of service providers, the contracting officer may:

(a) Conduct discussions with all qualified service providers, and negotiate a price on a unit rate or fee for service basis using benchmarks and quantifiable measurements that are uniformly applied, including but not limited to each service provider's cost data attributable to provision of the services and consideration of each service provider's maximum customer capacity; and

(b) Award a human care agreement to one or more service providers to satisfy all or part of the District's anticipated requirements based on the contracting officer's determination that the contract is in the best interest of the District, considering the service provider's qualifications, its capability of providing the service, and a judgment that the price is reasonable.

1906.3 The contracting officer shall retain statements of qualifications for approved service providers, and consider those providers for award of human care agreements, for a period of three years following pre- qualification of the providers.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1492 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Emergency and Proposed rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8590 (October 20, 2000) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 5819 (June 22, 2001).