QUESTION
Did the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) seek approval before entering into a contract with Mokify, and what was the review process?
4:19:47
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The New York City Comptroller confirms that HPD sought approval for a $53,000,000 contract with Mokify, which underwent a comprehensive review for emergency procurement.
- The review assessed the emergency procurement's necessity and the proposed contractor's compliance with federal standards.
- A written determination to authorize the emergency procurement was issued on December 26th.
- The contract was formally filed with the comptroller's office on January 18, 2024.
- The comptroller's office revoked prior automatic approval for asylum seeker response efforts, requiring case-by-case approval for such contracts.
Justin L. Brannan
4:19:47
Back in November, your office released a report on emergency contracting sent a notice to city agencies revoking the prior approval for asylum seeker response efforts that it had previously issued.
4:20:01
As a result, agencies are now required to obtain independent prior approval on a case by case basis.
4:20:08
And recently, the administration entered into a 1 year no bid $53,000,000 contract with Mokify.
4:20:18
Did HPD seek approval from your office before entering into this contract?
Brad Lander
4:20:22
Yes.
4:20:23
They did.
4:20:23
They saw it in November.
4:20:27
Okay.
Justin L. Brannan
4:20:30
And what was the type of review conducted before the approval was given?
Brad Lander
4:20:36
So we reviewed the basis for the emergency procurement, why is it needed?
4:20:42
We reviewed once they brought us the contractor that was proposed, whether they met the federal requisites.
4:20:48
And on December 26th, we authorized the use of the emergency procurement method via assigned written determination.
4:20:57
And then they brought the contract back to us and it was filed with our office on January 18 2024.
Justin L. Brannan
4:21:05
Okay.