Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the purchase of a Heat Exchanger for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant, with Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd.
The heat exchanger is to replace an exchanger that is inoperable and beyond repair in the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant Dewatering Building. The Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant needs the exchanger installed in the building prior to inclement weather occurs.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on November 21, 2007. Two (2) bids were received. A tabulation of the bids is as follows:
Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd $28,345.00
National Pump and Process: $31,760.00
SUPPLIER: Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd. (01-0852059); Expires 1-12-08
FISCAL IMPACT: $28,345.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase.
Emergency legislation is being requested so that the item can be purchased and installed in the Dewatering Building prior to inclement weather
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd for the purchase of a Heat Exchanger for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the expenditure of $28,345.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($28,345.00)
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WHEREAS, the heat exchanger is to replace an exchanger that is inoperable and beyond repair in the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant Dewatering Building, and
WHEREAS, Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant needs the exchanger installed in the building prior to inclement weather occurs, and
WHEREAS, Purchasing Office opened formal bids on November 21, 2007. Two (2) bids were received, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to establish a purchase order for the purchase of a heat exchanger so that the item can be purchased and installed in the Dewatering Building prior to inclement weather with Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd. for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; 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 Cornerstone Maintenance Services Ltd for the purchase of a Heat Exchanger for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $28,345.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Sewerage System Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, OCA 604819, Object Level 1: 06, Object Level 03: 6624.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, where is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, which 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 approves nor vetoes the same.