Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the purchase of eight (8) custom built medium duty medics for the Fire Division from Horton Emergency Vehicles. The Fire Division has a need to replace medics that are beyond their useful life and have high maintenance costs. The Public Safety Department is requesting a bid waiver so that the best possible price may be obtained by having the Purchasing office negotiate directly with the vendor, Horton Emergency Vehicles. The Division of Fire has utilized Horton Emergency Vehicles as the primary supplier of medics for over a decade. The Horton product has proven to be a reliable vehicle. The vehicle body is locally manufactured and Horton has provided excellent service to the Division of Fire and the Fleet Management Divisions. Purchasing Horton vehicles also enables the City to standardize units which decreases the number of parts carried on inventory and enables Fire to train Emergency Services personnel on a standard unit. Included with the medic purchases will be all pertinent equipment utilized on the vehicles.
Bid Information: The competitive bidding requirements of City of Columbus Code Section 329.06 are being waived for this purchase.
Contract Compliance: Horton Emergency Vehicles 352018529 exp. 4/17/14
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be considered an emergency measure to allow for the immediate use of funds and immediate purchase of these apparatus. Emergency legislation will save build time and permit these units to be delivered some time in early 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $1,900,582.16 from the Public Safety Capital Bond Fund, to purchase eight (8) custom medium duty medics for the Fire Division from Horton Emergency Vehicles. The Division of Fire budgeted $6 million in the 2013 capital budget to replace apparatus. The Fire Division spent $3.3 million in 2012 to purchase fourteen (14) and $2 million in 2010 to purchase...
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