Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering for the renovation of the kitchen cabinetry at four (4) fire stations: Fire Station No. 8, 1250 East Long Street; Fire Station No. 16, 1130 Weber Road; Fire Station No. 21, 3294 East Main Street; and Fire Station No. 23, 4451 East Livingston Avenue.
The project shall include the removal of the existing kitchen cabinetry and the carpentry for installation of new kitchen cabinetry. Fire fighters and medics live in fire stations during their twenty-four hour shifts, thereby necessitating functioning kitchens.
Formal bids were solicited and six companies submitted bids on November 4, 2010 as follows (0 MBE, ^1 FBE):
Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering $58,165.00
Health Care Construction $58,500.00
Charter Hill Construction $59,001.00
Wingler Construction, Inc. $61,495.00
^Bomar Construction Company, Inc. $63,365.00
Central Ohio Building Company $78,800.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering.
Emergency action is requested due to the lead-time in ordering materials and the need for these renovations to occur as soon as practical.
JonesPride Investments, LLC dba Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering Contract Compliance No. 31-1729461, expiration date February 3, 2012.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this ordinance is available in the Gov'l B.A.B.'s (Build America Bonds) Fund. The cost of this contract is $58,165.00.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering for the renovation of the kitchen cabinetry at four fire stations; to authorize the expenditure of $58,165.00 from the Department of Public Safety's Gov'l B.A.B's (Build America Bonds) Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($58,165.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary that renovations occur for the kitchen cabinetry at four fire stations; and
WHEREAS, formal bids were solicited and six companies submitted bids; and
WHEREAS, Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering is the most responsive and responsible bidder, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering for the renovation of the kitchen cabinetry at four (4) fire stations, due to the lead-time in ordering materials and in anticipation of the upcoming 2010-year end / 2011-year start Council meeting schedule; 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 enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ardmore Construction Management and Engineering for the renovation of the kitchen cabinetry at four (4) fire stations.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $58,165.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-04
Fund: 746
Project: 340103-100000
OCA Code: 710103
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $58,165.00
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.