Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Purchasing Office has established a Universal Term Contract for water treatment chemicals with the company listed below. The Division of Power and Water needs to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, based on this contract, for the purchase of aluminum sulfate. The vendor listed below does not have certified MBE/FBE status.
Vendor Contract # Contract Compliance #
US Aluminate (aluminum sulfate) FL002998 38-2359435
Contract Compliance Exp. Date
US Aluminate January 29, 2010
This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency to insure an adequate supply of this chemical is not interrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Division of Power and Water has allocated $18,392,110.00 for water treatment chemicals in the 2009 Budget.
$14,180,166.32 was expended for water treatment chemicals during 2008.
$12,394,189.00 was expended for water treatment chemicals during 2007.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, from an established Universal Term Contract with US Aluminate for the Division of Power and Water, to authorize the expenditure of $130,000.00 from Water Systems Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($130,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established a Universal Term Contract for water treatment chemicals, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Power and Water, in that it is immediately necessary to issue a purchase order, based on this contract, for the purchase or aluminum sulfate, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA001909 on file in the Purchasing Office, 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 Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, for ...
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