Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Dynamix Engineering, Ltd. for professional services for the design and construction administration of the life safety systems emergency generator at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street. Ordinance No. 1191-2011, passed by City Council on July 26, 2011, authorized a contract for professional services for the design and construction of emergency generators for the Division of Fire and the Columbus Public Health Department.
This modification is necessary to provide for design specifications and construction administration for a life safety systems emergency generator replacement at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street. The current generator was installed in 1970 and is past its useful life. The work will be executed on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, in order to meet the operational needs of said facility. Due to the fact that Dynamix Engineering Ltd. was awarded the original contract, a modification with Dyanmix Engineering, Ltd. is practical and cost effective for the coordination and continuity of the project.
Emergency action is requested to allow this project to proceed in a timely manner so that the facility has an emergency generator as quickly as possible, thereby reducing the likelihood of long interruptions in electrical service.
Dynamix Engineering Ltd. Contract Compliance No. 31-1536631; expiration date August 31, 2012.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $18,700.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Dynamix Engineering Ltd. for professional services for the design of the life systems emergency generator at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street; to authorize expenditure of $18,700.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($18,700.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1191-2011, passed by City Council on July 26, 2011, authorized a contract for professional services for the design and construction of emergency generators for the Division of Fire and the Columbus Public Health Department; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify said contract for the design of a life systems emergency generator at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Finance and Management Department, Facilities Management Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract with Dynamix Engineering Ltd. for professional services for the design of the life systems emergency generator at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street, to allow this project to proceed in a timely manner so that the facility has proper backup power for the life systems emergency generator as quickly as possible, thereby reducing the likelihood of long interruptions in electrical service, thereby protecting 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 and directed to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Dynamix Engineering Ltd. for professional services for the design of the life systems emergency generator at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $18,700.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regards to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 733
Project: 570030-100120
OCA Code: 733120
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $18,700.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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.