Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC. Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC has undergone a recent merger. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus from Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC Tax ID Number 431741196 to Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC Tax ID Number 383986849.
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.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation be considered an emergency in order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of Health Clinical Supplies.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contract. The Columbus Public Health Department must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future contract(s) and purchase orders with Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC, to change the company name and Tax ID Number to Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Purchasing Office has an option contract and open purchase orders for Health Clinical Supplies for use by the Columbus Public Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC has merged into a newly formed organization, Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC and in addition to notifying the City, Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC has agreed to honor the past, present and future contracts and agreements; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Public Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify all contracts and purchase orders established and in process with Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC in order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of Health Clinical Supplies, thereby preserving the public health, peace, 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 modify all past, present and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change from Midwest Medical Supply Co., LLC Tax ID Number 431741196 to Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC Tax ID Number 383986849.
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.