Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, to expend monies in the amount of $30,500.00 for the purchase of new radios for City Hall security personnel. A earlier ordinance (2251-2014) was passed by City Council on October 20, 2014 and authorized the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order from an existing Universal Term Contract (UTC) with Motorola Solutions, Inc. It was later discovered that this UTC expired prior to the earlier ordinance being passed by City Council. The Purchasing Office is currently in the process of establishing a new UTC for radios. This ordinance therefore requests City Council to repeal Ordinance 2251-2014 and to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to expend monies for the purchase of new radios for City Hall security personnel. Any contracts or purchase orders established will follow the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes.
The current radios will soon be inoperable due to the new radio band reorganization and thus, nonfunctional starting in 2015. The radios themselves are obsolete and parts will no longer be available for service. The new radios are in line with the radio capabilities of the rest of the City of Columbus departments and will enable the Security section of Facilities to maintain needed communication abilities.
Emergency action is requested so as to place the order, receive the new units, and put into use by January 1, 2015 to meet the new re-banding provisions.
Fiscal Impact: Funds for this acquisition is available within the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, to expend monies for the acquisition of new radios for City Hall security personnel; to authorize the expenditure of $30,500.00 from the Construction Management Capital Impr...
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