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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to contract for services, as needed, from EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc., servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots, for the Division of Fire, in accordance with sole source procurement, and to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Fund and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The Division of Fire uses Ferno-Washing EMS cots to transport EMS patients, which from time to time, need servicing and/or repair. EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc. is the only authorized service provider in the State of Ohio for said Ferno-Washington EMS cots.
This legislation will authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to purchase, as needed, from EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots, for the Division of Fire, in accordance with Section 329.07(c) of the Columbus City Code, and will authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Fund.
Bid Information: EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc. is the sole source provider of said services; this legislation is prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.07(c) of the Columbus City Codes.
Contract Compliance: 311384066
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be declared an emergency measure due to it being imperative that these contracts be certified as soon as the legislative and contract certification processes allow so that EMS cot maintenance and repair can continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Budgeted Amount: Funding exists in the Fire Division's 2005 General Fund Operating Budget.
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WHEREAS, Ferno-Washington EMS cots, currently in use within the Division of Fire, are from time to time, in need of servicing and/or repair; and
WHEREAS, EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc. is the only authorized service provider in the State of Ohio for said cots; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to purchase from EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc., servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots for the Division of Fire so these services can continue uninterrupted, for the 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 Public Safety be and he is hereby authorized and directed to purchase, as needed, from EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots for the Division of Fire.
Section 2. That this Council hereby authorizes the Director of Public Safety to purchase servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots from EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc. in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.07(c) of the Columbus City Codes.
Section 3. That the Director of Public Safety be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue a purchase order in the amount of $50,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to EMSAR Columbus/Medical Repair, Inc. for the servicing and/or repair of Ferno-Washington EMS cots, for the Fire Division 30-04, General Fund 10, OCA Code 301531, Object Level Three Code 3372.
Section 4. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.