Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with The Richter Company for professional services related fire station window replacement.
The purpose of the Fire Window Replacement Program is to replace aged and energy inefficient windows at three (3) fire stations located within the City of Columbus. These fire stations are Fire Station No. 13, 309 Arcadia Avenue; Fire Station No. 20, 2646 East 5th Avenue; and Fire Station No. 23, 4455 East Livingston Avenue.
In accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes, a Formal Bid Request was advertised and responses were submitted on or before July 2, 2012. The City received two (2) bids from the following firms (0 AS1, 0 FBE, 0 MBE): StrongTower Construction LLC, and The Righter Company, Inc.
A committee of city employees from Construction Management evaluated these formal bids and recommended The Righter Company as the firm to provide services for the fire station window replacement.
Emergency action is requested to begin replacement of these fire station windows to ensure that the resulting energy efficiencies can be realized as soon as possible. Furthermore, the optimal start time for most construction projects is spring or summer.
The Righter Company, Inc., Contract Compliance No. 31-0889208, expiration date February 22, 2013.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $327,400.00 and funding is available in the Safety G.O. Bond Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with The Righter Company, Inc. on behalf of the Office of Construction Management for the replacement of windows at three (3) fire stations located within the City of Columbus; to authorize the expenditure of $327,400.00 from the Safety G.O. Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($327,400.00)
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management desires to enter into a contract with The Righter Company for services related to window replacement at various fire stations located within the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, The Righter Company is the most responsive and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with The Righter Company for services related to fire station window replacement at various fire stations located within the City of Columbus, thereby preserving the public health, property, peace, 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 authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with The Righter Company for services related to fire station window replacement.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $327,400.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regards to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-04
Fund: 701
Project: 340103-100000
OCA: 711103
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $327,400.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That for the 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 thereafter if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.