Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Division of Traffic Management utilizes traffic equipment that is necessary to ensure traffic safety throughout the City of Columbus. This ordinance authorizes the purchase of equipment through contracts that the city' Purchasing Office has established either as universal term contracts (UTC) or through informal or formal bidding using City Code 329.
Bobcat Enterprises
Finish Planer
FP00XXXX/SO047497: $13,097.84
Byers Ford
Light Duty Trucks
FL005473/SA004728: $24,295.88
Compact Excavator
FL00XXXX/SA00XXXX: $60,000.00
The estimated total cost of this equipment and commodities is $97,393.72
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against any of the vendors.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Vendor Compliance Number Exp. Date
Bobcat Enterprises Inc. 310860716 5/09/2015
Byers Ford Lincoln Mercury 314139860 12/17/2015
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this equipment and commodities is available within the Streets and Highways Bonds Fund and the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to ensure the timely availability of equipment for replacement purposes to promote and enhance pedestrian and motorist safety.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders with multiple vendors for the purchase of equipment per the terms and conditions of an existing citywide universal term contract or informal/formal bidding for the Division of Traffic Management; to authorize the expenditure of $73,097.84 from the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $24,295.88 from the Street, Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($97,393.72)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Traffic Management utilizes traffic maintenance equipment throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, these items can be capitalized and can be purchas...
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