Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Jess Howard Electric Co. for the replacement of fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems at various Fire Division locations. The locations are as follows: Fire Stations 2 & 3, 150 East Fulton; Fire Station 4, 3030 Winchester Pike; Fire Station 5, 211 McNaughten Road; Fire Station 6, 5750 Maple Canyon Avenue; Fire Station 7, 1425 Indianola Avenue; Fire Station 8, 1240 East Long Street; Fire Station 12, 3200 Sullivant Avenue; Fire Station 13, 303 Arcadia Avenue; Fire Station 15, 1800 Livingston Avenue; Fire Station 16, 1130 East Weber Road; Fire Station 20, 2646 East Fifth Avenue; Fire Station 21, 3294 East Main Street; Fire Station 22, 3069 Parsons Avenue; Fire Station 23, 4451 East Livingston Avenue; Fire Station 24, 1585 Morse Road; Fire Station 25, 739 West Third Avenue; Fire Station 26, 5433 Fisher Road; Fire Station 27, 7560 Smokey Row Road; Fire Station 28, 3240 McCutcheon Road; and Fire Station 29, 5151 Little Turtle Way.
The contractor has 150 calendar days upon notification of the award to complete the project.
Formal proposals were solicited on April 5, 2006. Two firms submitted proposals on April 18, 2006 as follows: (0 MBE, 1 FBE*).
Jess Howard Electric Co. $549,770.00
*Royal Electric Construction Co. $734,000.00
It is the recommendation of the Facilities Management Division to award this contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Jess Howard Electric Co.
Emergency action is requested so that work may begin as quickly as possible to improve fire safety at various Fire Division facilities.
Fiscal Impact: The Fire Division has sufficient funding within the Safety Voted Bond Fund and the General Government Grant Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Jess Howard Electric Co. for the replacement of fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems at various Fire Division locations, to authorize the expenditure of $350,147.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $199,623.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($549,770.00).
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WHEREAS, various Fire Division locations are in need of updated fire alarms and fire sprinkler systems, and
WHEREAS, two firms submitted proposals and Jess Howard Electric Co. submitted the lowest and best bid, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to contract with Jess Howard Electric Co. for the replacement of fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems at various Fire Division locations, 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 contract with Jess Howard Electric Co. for the replacement of fire alarm and sprinkler systems at various Fire Division facilities.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $549,770.00, 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: 220
OCA Code: 344016
Grant Number: 344016
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $350,147.00
Division: 30-04
Fund: 701
Project: 340103
OCA Code: 644559
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $199,623.00
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 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 or vetoes the same.