Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Resource One in accordance with an established Universal Term Contract for Dell Computers. These items will be used to upgrade the Process Control Systems at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Equipment to be purchased from this contract will be used to upgrade the Process Control Systems which is responsible for monitoring equipment and controls of the wastewater treatment process. The City of Columbus operates two large interconnected municipal wastewater treatment plants. The day to day operation, monitoring and control of these complex facilities is carried out with the assistance of an extensive I&C PWPCS (Instrumentation & Control Plant Wide Process Control System). The I&C PWPCS is a computerized client/server-based system that is interconnected to all plant operating sections by an underground fiber optic network. Operating staff use the I&C PWPCS to perform functions such as starting and stopping pumps and blowers, monitoring tank levels and process flow rates and generation of process control and regulatory reports and data.
Equipment to be purchased includes servers, monitors, workstations, cables, racks and UPS's. The Universal Term Contract FL-001696 expires March 31, 2008.
SUPPLIER: Resource One (31-1419297) CC# Active 2-21-07
FISCAL IMPACT: $170,000.00 is need for this purchase.
Emergency legislation is being requested so that the hardware and accessories can be ordered and configured so as not to interrupt the upgrade of the Process Control Systems at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Resource One for the purchase of Dell Computers from an established Universal Term Contract for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the expenditure of $170,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating and to declare an emergency. ($170,000.00)
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WHEREAS, an upgrade the Process Control Systems at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant is needed, and
WHEREAS, equipment to upgrade the system is being purchased from a Universal Term Contract with Resource One and includes servers, monitors, workstations, cables, racks and UPS's and
WHEREAS, the Process Control Systems at the wastewater treatment plants is responsible for monitoring equipment and controls of the wastewater treatment process, and
WHEREAS, a purchase order will be issued in accordance with the terms and specifications of Contract Number: FL001696 which expires on March 30, 2008 on file in the Purchasing Office; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage in that it is immediately necessary to establish a purchase order so that the hardware and accessories can be ordered and configured so as not to interrupt the upgrade of the Process Control Systems at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant with Resource One for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish a purchase order with Resource One for the purchase of Computer Hardware for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $170,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from Fund 650 as follows:
Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
OCA: 605055
Object Level: 2193
Amount: $40,000.00
OCA: 604793
Object Level: 6655
Amount: $65,000.00
Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant
OCA: 604819
Object Level: 6655
Amount: $65,000.00
TOTAL AMOUNT: $170,000.00
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, where is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, which shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.