Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The services from these contracts are used to maintain and repair equipment for the various processes throughout the wastewater treatment plant as required by federal and state standards.
The Purchase Agreement associations listed require approval by City Council in order for the division to expend more than $100,000.00, per Columbus City Code Section 329.
UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS:
Andritz Parts & Services
Emotron Parts & Services
Envirex Parts & Services
Fairbanks Morse & Layne Pump Parts & Services
Flygt Pump Parts & Services
Peerless Pumps Parts & Services
Sludge Grinder Parts & Services
Westfailia Parts & Services
VENDORS:
Andritz Separation Inc., cc #009650, expires 4/26/24, majority vendor
Daman Industrial Services, Inc., cc #002009 expires 8/15/25, majority vendor
Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, cc #010403, expires 5/13/22 (pending update), majority vendor
GEA Mechanical Equipment US, Inc., cc #003297, expires 7/19/24 (pending update), majority vendor
JWC Environmental, cc #008198, expires 5/30/26, majority vendor
The Henry P. Thompson Company, LLC, cc #004134, expires 11/6/25, majority vendor
RCW Industrial Controls, LLC, cc #040620, expires 7/16/25, majority vendor
Xylem Water Solutions U.S.A., Inc, cc #008147, expires 1/5/26, majority vendor
The companies are 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: $600,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase
$1,373,217.35 was spent in 2023
$989,315.99 was spent in 2022
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of services for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant; and to authorize the expenditure of $600,000.00 from the Sewerage Operating Fund. ($600,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of services; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of $600,000.00 or so much thereof as is needed for the purchase of services from and within the Division of Sewerage Operating Fund; and
WHEREAS, the services are used to maintain and repair equipment for the various processes throughout the maintenance facilities and the wastewater treatment plant per the federal and state standards; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of services; 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 to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate current and pending Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of services.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $600,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and is hereby authorized in Fund 6100 (Sewerage Operating-Sanitary) $600,000.00 in object class 03 Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.