Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the Finance Director to enter into contract with Weir Supply c/o Kissick Incorporated for the purchase of one (1) Galigher Vertical Sump Pump for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant. This piece of equipment pumps ash slurry, skimming overflow and various other types of excess liquid from the plant's South Incinerator Building in the plant's Main Drain Syste.
Formal bids were opened on May 5, 2003 via SA-000436BGB. Six bids were received. The apparent low bidder, The Henry P Thompson Company, was deemed non-responsive to the material aspects of the specifications. Proposals asked for fourteen (14) inch impeller, V-belt drive, stainlees steel shaft sleeve, and bottom agitator. Supplier quoted an eleven (11) inch impeller, direct drive, shaft sleeve was not stainless steel and the product did not offer bottom agitator.
Bids were as follows:
The Henry P. Thompson Co: $19,995.00
Weir Supply c/o Kissick Inc: $27,654.00
Columbus Supply $29,332.41
Global Drilling Suppliers Inc: $31,509.50
The Ohio Pump Co.: $33,700.00
Pump Pros Inc: $34,185.00
SUPPLIER: Weir Supply c/o Kissick Incorporated: 39-1147488
FISCAL IMPACT: $27,654.00 is needed and budgeted for this purchase.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance Director to establish a purchase order with Weir Supply c/o Kissick Incorporated for the purchase of a Galigher Vertical Sump Pump for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the expediture of $27,654.00 from the Sewer System Operating Fund. ($27,654.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids were opened on May 5, 2003 for the purchase of one (1) Galigher Vertical Sump Pump, and,
WHEREAS, the apparent low bidder, The Henry P. Thompson Company was deemed non-responsive to the material specifications. Proposals asked for fourteen (14) inch impeller, V-belt drive, stainlees steel shaft sleeve, and bottom agitator. Supplier quoted an eleven (11) inch impeller, direct drive, shaft sleeve was not stainless steel and the product did not offer bottom agitator. and,
WHEREAS, an award is being made to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder, Weir Supply c/o Kissick Incorporated, and,
WHEREAS, a purchase order will be issued in accordance with the specifications of SA-000436BGB on file with the Purchasing Office, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a purchase order with Weir Supply c/o Kissick Incorporated for the purchase of one (1) Galigher Vertical Sump Pump for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $27,654.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, as follows, OCA: 604793, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6624 to pay the cost thereof
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.