Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify and increase a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression testing for City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division. Ordinance No. 0726-2008, passed May 5, 2008, in the amount of $127,889.00, authorized this contract. This modification exercises the first of four one-year renewal options.
Emergency action is requested to allow fire alarm, smoke alarm, sprinkler and pump testing to begin without delay. This is important life/safety equipment and a delay could lead to building code violations.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $150,000.00 in the 2009 budget for smoke/fire alarm testing and repair. The total cost of the original contract is $127,889.00. The cost of this modification is $150,000.00, bringing the total cost to $277,889.00.
S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 34-1122758 Expiration date February 13, 2010.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify and increase a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair, sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression inspections for facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 0726-2008, passed by City Council on May 5, 2008, authorized the Facilities and Management Director to modify and increase a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression testing for City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division; and
WHEREAS, the contract with S.A. Comunale Inc. contains an option to renew the existing agreements for five one-year periods; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify and increase this contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify and increase a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division to allow testing and repair of the life safety equipment without delay, thereby preserving the public health, 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 modify and increase a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair, and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression testing for City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division, for the period of May 6, 2009 through May 5, 2010.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $150,000.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regards to the section authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450044
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3370
Amount: $150,000.00
SECTION .3. That for reasons 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.