Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Public Safety Director to modify past, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. has undergone a company merger and rebranding. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus with and from Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation, 58-2381670, to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, 84-0796285.
No additional funds are necessary to modify the option contract(s) as requested. There is no change in the type of products being procured and the original contract was formally bid. The original terms and conditions remain in effect.
Pursuant to Section 329.09(a) of Columbus City Codes:
(1) Amount of additional funds to be expended under the modification: No additional funding is necessary for this modification.
(2) Why the need for additional goods or services could not be foreseen at the time the contract was initially awarded: N/A
(3) Why it would not be in the city's best interests to have the additional contract requirements awarded through other procurement processes specified in this chapter: N/A
(4) How the price for the additional goods or services which are the subject of the modification was determined: N/A
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Public Safety Department respectfully requests this legislation be considered an emergency in order to provide uninterrupted services and goods to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. merger on June 23, 2025, and the City’s existing contracts need to be modified to ensure continued products and services for the City of Columbus 911 call processing center.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contract.
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To authorize the Public Safety Director to modify past, present and future contract(s) and purchase orders from Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation, to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation has undergone a company merger and rebranding to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, and in addition to notifying the City, Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, has agreed to honor the past, present and future contracts and agreements; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety in that it is immediately necessary to modify all contracts and purchase orders established and in process with Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation, to transition them to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, in order to continue providing hardware, software and technical support for the E911 PSAP system installed for The City of Columbus supporting five additional 911 agencies within Franklin County, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; and now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Public Safety Director is hereby authorized to modify all past, present and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change from Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation, 58-2381670, to Intrado Life & Safety, Inc, 84-0796285.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 3. 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 after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.