Explanation
BACKGROUND: To change the company name and Federal Identification number for contract number FL002791 for the purchase of Topsoil for the Division of Water. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus with Kurtz Bros., Inc. FID 341152347 to Kurtz Brothers-Central Ohio, LLC FID 203524137ACT through 2/6/09.
1. Amount of additional funds: No additional funds are necessary to modify the option contract.
2. Reason additional needs were not foreseen: The current supplier separated from another company.
3. Reason other procurement processes not used: The same exact product is required as originally bid. No lower pricing/more attractive terms and conditions are anticipated through rebidding at this time.
4. How cost was determined: Terms and conditions are in accordance with the original agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contract. Each agency must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of materials to City agencies using this Universal Term Contract, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency.
Title
To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future purchase orders with Kurtz Brothers, Inc. to reflect a name and FID number change to the company as a result of supplier becoming a separate entity; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management/Purchasing Office established the contract with Kurtz Brothers, Inc. for the option to purchase Topsoil; and
WHEREAS, Kurtz Brothers, Inc. company name changed to Kurtz Brothers-Central Ohio, LLC, in addition to notifying the City, Kurtz Brothers-Central Ohio, LLC has agreed to honor the past, present and future purchase orders established from contract number FL002791; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management/Purchasing Office in that it is immediately necessary to modify contract number FL002791, 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 Finance and Management Director be and is hereby authorized and directed to modify contract FL002791 and all past, present and future purchase orders pursuant to that contract to reflect the change of the company name and FID number from Kurtz Brothers, Inc. #341152347 to Kurtz Brothers-Central Ohio, LLC, #203524137.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with Section 329.16 of the Columbus City Codes.
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.