Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc. for the purchase of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer System for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The instrument will be used at the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Laboratory for testing waste water samples for volatile organic chemicals.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with Section 329. (Solicitation SA006158). Seventeen (17) vendors (16 MAJ/1 F1) were solicited and one (1) bid (1 MAJ) was received and opened on January 7, 2016. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage recommends an award to be made to the lowest responsive and responsible and best bidder, Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc.
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.
SUPPLIER: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., Contract Compliance Number: 04-3361624. This supplier does not hold MBE/FBE status.
FISCAL IMPACT: $50,614.94 is budgeted for this purchase.
$177,200.00 was spent in 2014.
$90,000.00 was spent in 2013.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc. for the purchase of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer System for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to authorize the expenditure of $50,614.94 from the Sewer System Operating Fund. ($50,614.94)
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WHEREAS, the Atomic Absorption Spectrometer System will be used at the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Lab for testing waste water samples for volatile organic chemicals; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on January 7, 2016 for the purchase of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer System for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage recommends an award to be made to the lowest responsive and responsible and best bidder, Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, a contract will be issued by the Purchasing Office in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA006158 on file in the Purchasing Office;
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into said contract; now, therefore,
BE IT ORADINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc, 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484, for the purchase of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer System 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 $50,614.94, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 6100 (Sewerage System Operating), in object class 06 Capital Outlay per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.