Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to purchase 130 new outdoor recycling receptacles. The receptacles are purchased as part of Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s Get Green Columbus initiative and are similar in appearance to trash receptacles currently installed in Downtown Columbus. The recycling receptacles will be installed along both sides of the street from 333 W. Broad St. to 250 E. Broad St., and from 410 S. High St. to 2661 N. High St., at locations previously identified by the City of Columbus Refuse Division. Receptacles must be securely fastened to the concrete. They are to be installed by the Department of Public Service, Division of Planning & Operations.
A formal bid posting was issued through the Vendor Services site with a due date of 1/17/13. Eleven bids were received as follows:
Company Name Bid Amount Majority/MBE/FBE
SiteScapes $ 84,500.00 Majority
Peterson Mfg $ 90,610.00 Majority
Graber Mfg $ 92,872.00 Majority
OCC Outdoors $111,933.00 Majority
Victor Stanley $125,320.00 Majority
Service Supply, Ltd $126,100.00 FBE
RJ Thomas $128,003.20 Majority
Acorn Distributors $130,650.00 FBE
Preeminence $136,493.50 Majority
Lanier Plains $140,800.00 Majority
N.S. Industrial Design $150,386.60 Majority
The bid award is to be made to SiteScapes. Their bid met the bid specifications and they were the low bidder. A search in the Findings for Recovery list (State of Ohio) and the Federal EPLS list produced no findings.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for SiteScapes is 800009826 and expires 12/28/14.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
$225,000 was budgeted in a Refuse Division capital fund (fund 703, Project #520001-100012) for the purchase and installation of the receptacles. The purchase price of the receptacles is $84,500.00. Installation of the recycling receptacles is estimated to cost approximately $40,000.00. This amount will be reimb...
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