Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a purchase order with Anderson & Noland Construction Company for installation of Public Waterway Warning Signage. This purchase order will provide all materials, equipment, and labor necessary to fabricate and erect 105 public safety warning signs at various locations over and/or adjacent to several central Ohio waterways and such other work as may be necessary to complete the installation in accordance with the plans and specifications.
It is requested that this Ordinance be handled in an emergency manner in order to expedite the installation the signage in order to improve safety on central Ohio waterways.
The Department of Public Utilities advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with Section 329.06 (Solicitation SA003241). Thirteen (13) vendors (0 FBE, 0 MBR, 13 MAJ) were solicited and one (1) bid (1 MAJ) was received and opened on April 22, 2009. This bid meets all specifications and an award is recommended to Anderson & Noland Construction Company as the lowest, responsive and responsible bid received, in the amount of $124,286.25.
SUPPLIER: Anderson & Noland Construction Company, CC# 26-1601019, expires 04/01/2010
FISCAL IMPACT: This project was not budgeted by the Department of Public Utilities for 2009; however, expenditures will be reprioritized to accommodate this expenditure without increasing the existing budget.
No similar expenditures in 2007 or 2008.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a purchase order with Anderson & Noland Construction Company for purchase of Public Waterway Warning Signage for the Department of Public Utilities and to authorize the expenditure of $49,714.50 from the Water Systems Operating Fund and $74,571.75 from the Sewer Systems Operating Fund, and to declare and emergency. ($124,286.25)
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WHEREAS, the Director of Public Utilities opened formal bids on April 22, 2009 for Public Waterway Warning Signage for the Department of Public Utilities, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder Anderson & Noland Construction Company, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to establish a purchase order for Public Waterway Warning Signage, in an emergency manner in order to expedite the installation of signage, for the immediate preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; 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 establish a purchase order with Anderson & Noland Construction Company for Public Waterway Warning Signage for the Department of Public Utilities, in accordance with specifications on file.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $124,286.25 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Object Level One 03, Object level Three 3375, Fund Names and Numbers, Departments, OCA Codes and amounts listed below, to pay the cost thereof.
Dept/Div Fund Name Fund Number OCA Amount
60-09 Water Operating 600 601849 49,714.50
60-05 Sewer Operating 650 605006 74,571.75
$124,286.25
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency 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.