Explanation
BACKGROUND: Since 1998, Columbus Public Health (CPH) has provided a Food Service Managers Food Safety Certification Course called SERVSAFE. SERVSAFE is a product of the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation (NRAEF). The course provides operators of food businesses with the information necessary to serve safe, wholesome foods to their customers. CPH provides this course to the food industry through on-staff instructors on a monthly basis. Because of this outreach, a strong and positive relationship has been developed between the industry and the Food Safety Program at CPH. In 2010, a Universal Term Contract was established for the purchase of the textbooks for this program. In October, 2012, CPH received a price quote from the publisher of the SERVSAFE materials, National Restaurant Association Solutions, LLC (NRA). It has been determined that by working directly with the publisher of the training materials, it will lower CPH's costs since NRA's pricing is significantly less than what was bid on the existing UTC. Due to time constraints and the potential to substantially reduce costs, formal bids were not solicited. Therefore, this ordinance waives competitive bidding provisions. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with National Restaurant Association Solutions, LLC for the purchase of SERVSAFE textbooks needed for upcoming classes.
Emergency action is requested to ensure an adequate supply of textbooks to be available for upcoming SERVSAFE classes. National Restaurant Association Solutions, LLC's contract compliance number is 204495726, which is effective through October 19, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this purchase order were budgeted in the Health Special Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2012. The Health Special Revenue Fund is reimbursed for this expense through fees paid by participants of the SERVSAFE course.
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