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Committee directs EMD to develop pre-event standby services contract with DCAA and debris-removal requirements
Summary
The Public Safety Committee approved a motion directing the Emergency Management Department to coordinate with city departments to develop a pre-event emergency standby services contract; Councilmember Lee amended the motion to require adherence to Defense Contract Audit Agency standards and emergency debris-removal experience.
The Los Angeles City Public Safety Committee on June 4 voted to direct the Emergency Management Department to coordinate with relevant city departments to develop and implement a comprehensive pre-event emergency standby services contract intended to strengthen the city’s disaster-response capacity.
Committee Chair Councilmember John Lee introduced an amendment instructing that potential contractors demonstrate adherence to Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) standards and have emergency debris-removal experience. “Any contractor who could potentially service our city, in a time of crisis should have experience in completing DCAA audits, as well as debris removal,” Lee said, adding that those qualifications reflect FEMA and U.S. Army Corps approaches to disaster debris operations.
The amendment was approved and the full item passed on a 4-0 vote with Councilmembers Lee, Price, McOsker and Park recorded as voting yes; Councilmember Sotomayor Martinez was absent. The committee’s approval directs EMD to include those standards in the development and implementation of a pre-event standby services contract.
Councilmembers did not specify a procurement timetable or contract dollar amounts during the committee discussion. The motion as read on the record referenced coordination among EMD and “relevant city departments.” No specific vendors were named. The committee record will reflect the amended instructions to EMD as the next step in developing pre-event standby contracting language.
