Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish a Universal Term Contract (UTC) for the option to purchase Protective Footwear and Accessories with Grainger. The contracts for Protective Footwear and Accessories will be used city wide for all departments and divisions. Safety shoes and boots are used to protect employees’ feet and toes from hazards presented in their job functions. The term of the proposed option contract would be approximately two (2) years, expiring July 31, 2021, with the option to renew for one (1) additional year. The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on May 23, 2019. In addition, the expenditure of $1.00 is hereby authorized from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the relevant provisions of Section 329 relating to competitive bidding (Request for Quotation No. RFQ012323). One (1) bid was received.
The Purchasing Office is recommending award to the overall lowest, responsive, responsible and best bidder as follows:
Grainger, CC# 007170 expires March 21, 2021, Items 1-35 and Catalog, $1.00
Total Estimated Annual Expenditure: $250,000, City wide users.
Emergency Designation: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation to be considered an emergency ordinance because the current contract expires July 31, 2019 and a new contract needs to be available on or before that date to avoid a lapse in the ability to purchase footwear that is necessary for employee safety.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: The expenditure of $1.00 is hereby authorized from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107. City Agencies will be required to obtain approval to expend from their own appropriations for their estimated annual expenditures.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for the option to purchase Protective Footwear and Accessories with Grainger; to authorize the expenditure of $1.00 from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107; and to declare an emergency. ($1.00).
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WHEREAS, the Protective Footwear and Accessories UTC will provide for the purchase of safety shoes and boots used to protect employees’ feet from job site hazards; and,
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office advertised and solicited formal bids on May 23, 2019 and selected the overall lowest, responsive, responsible and best bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to immediately enter into a Universal Term Contract for the option to purchase Protective Footwear and Accessories, 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 Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to enter into the following contract for the option to purchase Protective Footwear and Accessories in accordance with Request for Quotation RFQ012323 for a term of approximately two (2) years, expiring July 31, 2021, with the option to renew for one (1) additional year, as follows:
Grainger, Items 1-35 and Catalog, $1.00
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $1.00 is hereby authorized from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107 of this ordinance to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That for the reason stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and 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.