Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present, and future business done by the City of Columbus with Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and TranSystems Corporation to GFT Infrastructure Inc. due to the merger between these companies. This change will reflect a company name change for all contracts and purchase orders established with Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C, and all contracts and purchase orders established with TranSystems Corporation.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. has a contract compliance number of CC001829 which expired 12/28/2025. TranSystems Corporation has a contract compliance number of CC007988 which expires 7/8/2026. GFT Infrastructure Inc., 8890 Lyra Drive, Suite 110 Columbus, OH 43240, has a contract compliance number of CC054738 which expires 3/3/2028.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no expenditure associated with this Ordinance.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to effect these changes as soon as possible to promote accurate recording of transactions and to allow service contracts to proceed as scheduled.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify all contracts between the Department of Public Service and Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. to allow for the assignment of all such contracts from Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. to GFT Infrastructure Inc.; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify all contracts between the Department of Public Service and TranSystems Corporation to allow for the assignment of all such contracts from TranSystems Corporation to GFT Infrastructure Inc.; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service has engaged in ongoing business relationships with both Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and TranSystems Corporation; and
WHEREAS, Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. has transitioned to operating under the name of GFT Infrastructure Inc.; and
WHEREAS, TranSystems Corporation has transitioned to operating under the name of GFT Infrastructure Inc.; and
WHEREAS, these changes have been documented by written communications from the vendors involved; and
WHEREAS, the City Auditor's Office requires that these changes be officially acknowledged by City Council; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the Department of Public Service's uninterrupted payments to these vendors, it is necessary to assign all contracts between the Department and Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and all contracts between the Department and TranSystems Corporation to their successor firm, GFT Infrastructure Inc.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to modify the Department's contracts with each Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and TranSystems Corporation to make assignments to GFT Infrastructure Inc. to promote accurate recording of transactions and allow uninterrupted receipt of professional services, which are crucial to the design and construction of Department projects and operations, for the immediate preservation 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 the Department of Public Service is authorized to modify all contracts with each Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and TranSystems Corporation to allow the assignment of such contracts from each Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. and TranSystems Corporation to GFT Infrastructure Inc., and is authorized to execute all documents relating thereto.
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.