Explanation
Need: This ordinance is to authorize the Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission to modify and increase the maximum authorized expenditure in the contract with the Association for Psychotherapy for psychological screening of public safety recruits for upcoming classes at the Police Academy and the Fire Academy. This modification is required in order to add funds for academy classes planned this year. Funding is typically added after the budget passes each year for classes scheduled the rest of the year. The contract’s requirements cannot be awarded through other procurement processes since this a professional services contract that has already been awarded through the regular Request for Proposals process. The prices for the services provided in this contract have not increased since the initial contract was approved.
Bid Information: In 2014, the City of Columbus Civil Service Commission published a Request for Proposals (RFP) for these services and accepted proposals through June 23, 2014. Two proposals were submitted, and an evaluation committee reviewed these proposals and the Executive Director awarded the contract to the Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. (Ord. 1623-2014).
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order to allow sufficient time for scheduling and notifying candidates for both the Division of Police and Division of Fire for summer Academy classes.
Contract Compliance Number: 311441549, expires 5/6/2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this service was budgeted in the Civil Service Commission’s 2016 general fund budget.
Title
To authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission to modify and increase the contract with the Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. for the psychological screening of public safety recruits, to authorize the expenditure of $72,875.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency ($72,875.00).
Body
WHEREAS, in 2014, the City of Columbus Civil Service Commission accepted proposals from qualified companies for psychological services; and
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission awarded the contract to the Association for Psychotherapy; now therefore
WHEREAS an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to modify and increase the contract with The Association for Psychotherapy in order to begin scheduling police and fire recruits in preparation for upcoming academy classes, and thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission be and is hereby authorized to modify and increase the contract with Association for Psychotherapy, Inc. for the purpose of administering psychological screenings to public safety recruits for the Department of Public Safety’s entry-level sworn positions.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $72,875.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 General Fund in object class 03 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
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.