Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase order with MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc. for the purchase of Chlorine and CO2 Gas Monitoring Equipment for the Division of Power and Water, Dublin Road Water Plant. This equipment allows us to detect and respond to water quality events ensuring safe water treatment for our customers. The sole bidder is MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc. at $29,087.00. They do not have MBE/FBE status.
The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on November 8, 2007. One (1) bid was received. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc., CC# 25-0668780, expiration date: 09/12/2008
Fiscal Impact: The Division of Power and Water did not budget funds for this purchase. Remaining appropriation will be sufficient to cover the expense. There have been no expenditures for this type of contract in the last two years.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc. for the purchase of a Chlorine and CO2 Gas Monitoring Equipment for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $29,087.00 from the Water System Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($29,087.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on November 8, 2007 for the purchase of a Chlorine and CO2 Gas Monitoring Equipment for the Division of Power and Water, Dublin Road Water Plant, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc. and,
WHEREAS, this equipment allows us to detect and respond to water quality events ensuring safe water treatment for our customers, 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 in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA002673 on file in the Purchasing Office, for the immediate 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 purchase order with MSA c/o Gilson Engineering Sales Inc. for the purchase of a Chlorine and CO2 Gas Monitoring Equipment for the Division of Power and Water, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $29,087.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Water System Operating Fund, Fund No. 600, OCA 602417, Object Level 1: 02, Object Level 03: 2236.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approved nor vetoes the same.