Declaration of Emergency for DEP procurement contract, Nov 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY

WHEREAS, on September 11,2001, an unforeseen tenorist attack resulted in the tragic destruction of the World Trade Center; and WHEREAS, the City of New York.remains committed to ensuring that the air quality of the affected area is as pure as possible and minimally compromised by said tragedy; and WHEREAS, due to the tragedy, there is a need to provide emergency round-the-clock air monitoring at various sites in the affected area in downtown Manhattan; and WHEREAS, in order to define the “hot zone” (areas containing asbestos) and continue to decrease the size of the “hot zone,” such monitoring is required; and WHEREAS, in order to perform such air monitoring with the frequency required over the next several months, it is necessary to retain the services of an outside contractor; and

WHEREAS, the results of the attack may be far reaching and are as of yet unknown and it is imperative that this monitoring take place; and WHEREAS, on September 21, 2001,1 orally declared that an emergency existed that required the implementation of emergency procurement procedures to perform such monitoring; and WHEREAS, due to administrative delays resulting from the tragedy, the Emergency Declaration was not in written form until the date appearing hereon; and WHEREAS, the immediate action required cannot be met through normal procmement methods; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned circumstances affect the health and safety of the inhabitants of the City of New York. NOW, THEREFORE, for the aforementioned reasons, pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 315 of the New York City Charter and Section 3-06 of the Procurement Policy Board Rules, I hereby determine that an emergency exists; and

I FURTHER DETERMINE that emergency contract(s) must be let in the most expeditious ms possible to ensure that necessary asbestos remediation in the affected area canj^cur, to monitor and ensure the air quality of the City of New York. -----

Dated: October 19.2001

»ELA. LE SR., P, missioner

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