Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression testing for fifty (50) City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division.
Formal proposals were opened on February 15, 2008. Two firms submitted proposals. (0 MBE, 0 FBE). The proposals were submitted in two parts. The first was for the total cost of the annual smoke and fire alarm testing. The second was hourly rates for sprinkler inspections and pump testing:
Annual Smoke and Fire Alarm Testing:
S. A. Comunale Company, Inc. $ 37,904.00
Simplex Grinnell $ 49,324.00
Sprinkler Inspection / Fire Pump Testing / Fire Suppression / Smoke & Fire Alarm Repair / Emergency Call Backs:
S. A. Comunale Company, Inc. (Standard Labor) $ 65.00/hour
Simplex Grinnell (Standard Labor) $108.73/hour
It is the recommendation of the Facilities Management Division to award this contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, S.A. Comunale Company, Inc.
Emergency action is requested to allow fire alarm, smoke alarm, sprinkler and pump testing to begin without delay. This is important life/safety equipment and a delay could lead to building code violations.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $50,000.00 in the 2008 budget for smoke/fire alarm testing and repair. No money was budgeted directly for sprinkler inspection and pump testing. After passage of the budget, the Finance and Management Department discovered through building insurance reports that the previous testing was not sufficient for the Division's needs. However, the Division budgeted a sufficient amount for unexpected costs that will cover this portion of the contract. The total cost of this contract is $127,889.00.
S A Comunale Company, Inc. Contract Compliance Number 34-1122758, expiration 02/13/2010.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to contract for the Facilities Management Division with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression inspections for fifty (50) City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division; to authorize the expenditure of $127,889.00 from the General Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($127,889.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to contract for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections and pump testing for fifty (50) City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division, and
WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division formally bid for said services, and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Facilities Management Division to award the contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, S.A. Comunale Company, Inc., and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to contract with S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression inspections for fifty (50) City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division, thereby ensuring that life/safety equipment is properly inspected, 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 is hereby authorized to contract with S. A. Comunale Company, Inc. for annual smoke and fire alarm testing, inspection and repair and sprinkler inspections, fire pump testing, and fire suppression inspections for fifty City-owned facilities under the purview of the Facilities Management Division.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $127,889.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450044
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3370
Amount: $127,889.00
SECTION 3. That for 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.