Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service agreement for one (1) year for support and maintenance of software on various testing equipment located at the Division of Sewerage and Drainage Surveillance Laboratory with Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC. The agreement will be in effect from July 1, 2006 up to and including June 30, 2007. Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC is the single manufacturer and distributor of the equipment and software developer.
This ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sole Source procurement of the Columbus City Code Section 329.07.
The equipment is vital to the wastewater treatment process. It is used to test for metals in wastewater at the Jackson Pike and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plants, and in the Industrial Pre-Treatment Section.
Emergency legislation is being requested so that there is no interruption in the support and service of the software at the Surveillance Laboratory.
SUPPLIER: Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC (04-3465240)
FISCAL IMPACT: $25,356.00 is needed and budgeted for this service.
$20,208.00 was spent in 2005
$19,392.00 was spent in 2004
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service agreement with Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC for software maintenance and support of equipment located at the Surveillance Laboratory within the Division of Sewerage and Drainage in accordance with the provisions of sole source procurement of the Columbus City Code, to authorize the expenditure of $25,356.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund and to declare an emergency. ($25,356.00)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Laboratory has wastewater testing equipment used to analyze metals in the wastewater at Jackson Pike and Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plants and the Industrial Pre-Treatment Lab that requires maintenance and support of the software within the equipment, and
WHEREAS, Perkin Elmer is the manufacturer and distributor of said equipment and software and has submitted a quotation for the one (1) year service agreement and is the sole authorized company to service the equipment, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting this agreement to be established in accordance with the provisions of the sole source procurement of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.07, 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 enter into a one (1) service agreement so that the services can continue without interruption and that the agreement can be executed in the earliest time available with Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC 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 Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a service agreement with Perkin Elmer Instruments LLC for the support and maintenance of software and testing equipment for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Laboratory.
Section 2. That this service agreement is being established in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.07.
Section 3. That the expenditure of $25,356.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, OCA 605105, Object Level 1: 03, Object Level 03: 3372.
Section 4 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.