Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to renew a custodial services contract with K&M Kleening Service, Inc. at the Health Department building, 240 Parsons Avenue, in the amount of $339,663.00. The original contract was authorized by Ordinance 1359-2006, passed August 2, 2006. The original contract covered October 21, 2006, through October 20, 2007, with four one-year renewal options. Ordinance 1617-2007, passed October 25, 2007, extended the contract from October 21, 2007, through October 20, 2008. The term for this contract is October 21, 2008, through October 20, 2009. This is the second of the four one-year renewal options.
Emergency action is requested to to allow custodial services continue without interruption, thereby ensuring the accreditation with the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) does not lapse.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $386,071.00 for this contract in 2008. In 2006, the cost was $297,743.00. In 2007, the cost was $299,880.00. The cost of this contract is $339,663.00.
K&M Kleening Service, Inc. Contract Compliance #02-0553299, expiration date 07/31/2009.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to extend a contract for the Facilities Management Division with K&M Kleening Service, Inc. for custodial services at the Columbus Health Department, 240 Parsons Avenue; to authorize the expenditure of $339,663.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($339,663.00).
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to extend a contract for custodial services at the Columbus Health Department; and
WHEREAS, K&M Kleening Service, Inc. was selected through a formal bidding process; 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 extend a contract with K&M Kleening Service, Inc., so that custodial services can continue at the Health Department facility uninterrupted, ensuring the accreditation with the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) does not lapse , 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 extend a contract with K&M Kleening Service, Inc. for custodial services at the Columbus Health Department from October 21, 2008 through October 20, 2009.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $339,663.00, or so much thereof that may be necessary is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 010
OCA Code: 450041
Object Level 1: 03
Object Level 3: 3396
Amount: $339,663.00
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.