Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Moyno, Inc. for the purchase of four (4) Moyno Pumps for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. Moyno Pumps are utilized in the sewage treatment process to pump sludge into the digesters at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with Section 329.06 (Solicitation SA005108). Thirty Three vendors (32 MAJ, 1 MBR) were solicited and four (4) bids (4 MAJ) were received and opened on October 3, 2013.
Liberty Process Equipment submitted a total bid in the amount of $64,316.00 and Hisco Pump, Inc. submitted a total bid in the amount of $78,531.00. Both bidders however provided alternate equipment and have been deemed non-responsive. Section 3.1.1 of the bid proposal specified that no alternate equipment would be accepted. The third lowest bid was submitted by Moyno, Inc. in the amount of $81,635.13 and is responsive to the specification. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: Moyno, Inc., CC# 31-1605167, expiration date: 6/30/2013
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: $81,635.13 is needed and budgeted for this purchase.
2011 expenditures for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage is $0.00
2012 expenditures for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage is $0.00
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a contract with Moyno, Inc. for the purchase of four (4) Moyno Pumps for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to authorize the expenditure of $81,635.13 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($81,635.13)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on October 3, 2013 for the purchase of four (4) Moyno Pumps for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder Moyno, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Moyno Pumps are utilized in the sewage treatment process to pump sludge into the digesters at the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation for a contract to be issued by the Purchasing Office in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA005108 on file in the Purchasing Office, 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 Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish a contract with Moyno, Inc. for the purchase of four (4) Moyno Pumps for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $81,635.13 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Sewerage Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, Department 60-05, OCA 604819, Object Level One: 06, Object Level Three: 6651.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.