Explanation
BACKGROUND: To change the company name and Federal Identification number for contract number EL003173 and EL004448 for Construction Administration and Inspection Services for several Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Stormwater Management Section Projects. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus with Benatec Associates, Inc., FID 31-4218330 to Floyd Browne Group, FID 34-1775535.
1. Amount of additional funds: No additional funds are necessary to modify the contract.
2. Reason additional needs were not foreseen: The current company (Floyd Browne Group) acquired the existing company's (Benatec Associates, Inc.) operations in the State of Ohio.
3. Reason other procurement processes not used: There are several active projects and it would be cost effective to allow the existing staff to continue working on these projects. If these services were given to someone else, there would be a loss of time and potentially more costly.
4. How cost was determined: Terms and conditions are in accordance with the original agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funds are required to assign the rights and obligations of these contracts to the Floyd Browne Group.
In order to maintain an uninterrupted of services to City agencies using these Contracts, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to assign the rights and obligations of several contracts with Benatec Associates, Inc. to the Floyd Browne Group and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Public Utilities, established several contracts with Benatec Associates, Inc. for Construction Administration and Inspection Services for several projects for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Stormwater Management Section; and
WHEREAS, effective as of April 1, 2005, FBA Transportation, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Floyd Browne Group recently acquired Benatec Associates, Inc.'s operations in the State of Ohio, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Stormwater Management Section in that it is immediately necessary to assign contract numbers EL003173 and EL004448 to the Floyd Browne Group, 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 City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to assign contracts EL003173 and EL004448 from Benatec Associates Inc., 31-4218330 to Floyd Browne Group, 34-1775535.
SECTION 2. 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.