Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase order with National Pump & Process Inc. for the purchase of a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, for the Division of Power and Water, Dublin Road Water Plant. The lowest, responsive, responsible bidder is National Pump & Process Inc. at $85,000.00. They do not have MBE/FBE status.
The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on August 14, 2008. One (1) bid was received. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: National Pump & Process Inc., CC# 34-1262577, expiration date: April 12, 2009
Fiscal Impact: The Division of Power and Water has allocated $67,000.00 for a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, in the 2008 Budget. $18,000.00 in additional funds will be reprioritized to accommodate this expenditure without increasing the existing budget.
No similar expenditures in 2006 or 2007.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with National Pump & Process Inc. for the purchase of a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $85,000.00 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($85,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on August 14, 2008 for the purchase of a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, for the Division of Power and Water, Dublin Road Water Plant, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder National Pump & Process Inc. and,
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to issue a purchase order in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA002980 on file in the Purchasing Office, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, 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 National Pump & Process Inc. for the purchase of a Vertical Centrifugal Wet-Pit Pump w/Motor, for the Division of Power and Water, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $85,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Water System Operating Fund, Fund No. 600, OCA 602425, Object Level 1: 06, Object Level 03: 6651.
Section 3. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.