ORDINANCE 1908-2003 TEXT
Title
To amend various sections of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 by establishing distinct provisions for specific services procurement, including additional quality factors for City agency directors to consider when making a contract award, and renumbering various other sections as required.
Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance intends to enable our agencies to fulfill parts of the Vision, Mission and Principles of Progress agreed upon by City leadership in the Columbus Covenant.
In order to be the best city in the nation in which to live, work, and raise a family;
In order to achieve strong, safe and healthy neighborhoods; and a shared economic prosperity and enhanced quality of life;
In order to promote a diverse and vibrant economy that offers everyone an opportunity to share in our prosperity, we require that the City contract with responsible service providers.
This ordinance amends various sections of the Columbus City Code, by establishing a revised, distinct section for the purchase of custodial, landscaping, guard and security services, cleaning and recycling services. The recommended changes enable City agency directors to consider additional quality factors when awarding a contract to bidders who provide these services to City government agencies. The additional factors are intended to ensure that the City receives high quality work on these services and that the contractor's employees receive a wage that is not less than the wage that the City actually pays its lowest paid full time employee. The wage is currently $9.73 per hour.
Additional new factors for consideration include whether or not the bidder provides employee health insurance and draws its employees mainly from Columbus, Franklin County or a contiguous county.
Note that companies with less than twenty-five (25) employees and service contracts not exceeding $20,000 are exempt from the new consideration factors.
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