Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the Universal Term Contract for the purchase of one single axle and four tandem axle live body dump trucks with snow equipment for the Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management.
The Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management, is responsible for maintaining Columbus roadways. This includes filling potholes, street sweeping, mowing, alley resurfacing, and snow and ice removal. The Division of Infrastructure Management has a need to purchase one single axle and four tandem axle live body dump trucks with snow and ice equipment for the purpose of maintaining the roads. The division will replace three tandem axle live body dump trucks with the division identifying the brass tags closer to the delivery of the vehicles. One single axle live body dump truck and one tandem axle live body dump truck will be expansions to the current Infrastructure fleet. The City has a multiple year Universal Term Contract established for this equipment with FYDA Freightliner Columbus, Inc.
The following Purchase Agreement association requires approval by City Council in order to expend more than $100,000.00 on a Universal Term Contract, per City Code 329.19(g):
FYDA Freightliner Columbus, Inc., PA004306, Dump Truck/Live Body with snow equipment, expires 12/30/2023.
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against FYDA Freightliner Columbus, Inc.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
The contract compliance number for FYDA Freightliner Columbus is CC004301 and expires 04/14/2025.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are budgeted and available for this expenditure from the Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax Fund (Fund 2266).
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The department requests emergen...
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