Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract for a one (1) year maintenance agreement for specialized PerkinElmer testing equipment located at the Division of Sewerage and Drainage Surveillance Laboratory with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. The agreement will be in effect from April 1, 2012 up to and including March 31, 2013. The maintenance agreement will include all service, labor and parts for the following testing equipment: Turbomassgold Spectrometer, S10 Autosampler, Polyscience Recirculator, AA Instrument, Gas Chromatograph, and ELAN9000. PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. is the single manufacturer, maintenance service provider and distributor of the equipment.
This ordinance is being submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sole Source procurement of the Columbus City Code Section 329.07(e).
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
SUPPLIER: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc (04-3361624) Expires 3-2-12
PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. does not hold MBE/FBE status.
FISCAL IMPACT: $64,464.00 is needed and budgeted for this service.
$62,364.00 was spent in 2011
$62,869.33 was spent in 2010
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.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service agreement with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. for laboratory 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, and to authorize the expenditure of $64,464.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($64,464.00)
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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 to be maintained through periodic maintenance, and
WHEREAS, PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. is the manufacturer and distributor of said equipment 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 agreement will be in effect from April 1, 2012 to and including March 31, 2013, 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(e); 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 PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. for the maintenance of PerkinElmer 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(e).
Section 3. That the expenditure of $64,464.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund No. 650 as follows:
OCA: 605105
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 03: 3372
Section 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.