Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Purchasing Office has pending Universal Term Contracts for light trucks and automobiles with the companies listed below. The Division of Power and Water needs to establish Blanket Purchase Orders, based on these pending contracts, for the purchase of various types of light duty trucks and automobiles during fiscal year 2007.
SUPPLIERS:
32 Ford Mercury, Inc. (MBE), CC# 31-1285506, expiration date: September 22, 2008
Graham Ford, Inc. (MAJ), CC# 34-0901877, expiration date: May 17, 2008
FISCAL IMPACT: There is sufficient budget authority for this purchase.
$433,058.00 was expended for light trucks and automobiles during 2006.
$251,974.00 was expended for light trucks and automobiles during 2005.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish Blanket Purchase Orders, for various types of light trucks and automobiles, from pending Universal Term Contracts with 32 Ford Mercury, Inc. and Graham Ford, Inc., for the Department of Public Utilities, to authorize the expenditure of $217,776.00 from the Water Systems Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($217,776.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has pending Universal Term Contracts for various types of light trucks and automobiles, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish Blanket Purchase Orders, for various types of light trucks and automobiles, to allow for orders to be placed with the dealerships, based on the above mentioned pending Universal Term Contracts for the immediate preservation of 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 Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish Blanket Purchase Orders, for various types of light trucks and automobiles, from pending Universal Term Contracts, for the Department of Public Utilities.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $217,776.00 or as much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Water Systems Operating Subfund 600, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three numbers, vendors, contract numbers, OCA Codes, and amounts listed below, to pay the cost thereof.
Vendor/ OCA
Chemical UTC # Code OBL 3 Amount
32 Ford Mercury, Inc. pending 602730 6652 $127,188.00
Light Duty Trucks
32 Ford Mercury, Inc. pending 603001 6652 $41,520.00
Light Duty Trucks
Graham Ford, Inc. pending 603001 6652 $49,068.00
Light Duty Trucks
Grand Total $217,776.00
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.