Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, needs to modify the contract with Williamson Builders, Inc. for the material and technical support for the upgrade of the building fire alarm system signals in conjunction with the One Stop Shop Plat and Plan Review Consolidation Project, 757 Carolyn Avenue. This ordinance will authorize Williamson Builders, Inc. to address the the fire alarm strobes located in the building, which need to be synchronized. Ordinance No. 2219-2006, passed December 13, 2006, authorized the original work. The original ordinance authorized the contruction of a permanent single review location as well as addressing other relational space issues within the One Stop Shop. Upon building inspection of part of this work, it became known that the City will have to replace the building fire alarm signaling devices, and add the appropriate fire alarm system hardware to accomplish this task.
Due to the fact this contractor is presently working in this building and that the fire alarm system signals were not an issue until the project was underway, a modification with Williamson Builders, Inc. is the logical and expeditious option for addressing the systems issues. Therefore, it would not be in the best interests of the City to bid this system upgrade. The price of this work was negotiated between the City and Williamson Builders, Inc. based on current market prices.
Emergency action is necessary in order to properly repair life safety equipment, thereby not delaying the completion of the One Stop Shop Plat and Plan Review Consolidation project.
Williamson Builders, Inc.'s contract compliance number 31-0845485, expiration 10/03/2008.
Fiscal Impact: The total cost of the contract modification authorized by this ordinance is $15,373.26. These funds are available in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund. The cost of the original contract, author...
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