Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Division of Police needs to procure uniforms for police officers and some civilian employees. This ordinance will enable the Division to purchase these uniforms from Roy Tailors in accordance with a Universal Term Contract established for this purpose by the Purchasing Office. There is also a need to appropriate $179,730.72 in the Division’s General Government Grants Funds, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Project for these expenses.
Additional Needs: Expenses associated with recruit classes are budgeted in the transfer category until needed. Therefore, funds need to be transferred within the General Fund budget of the Division of Police from Object Level (1) 10 to Object Level (1) 02 in order to purchase uniforms for 50 new recruits. Ten of these recruits' uniforms are funded in the Public Safety Initiative Fund.
Bid Information: The Purchasing Office has set up an universal term contract FL004338 for the purchase of uniforms. This UTC was made in response to bid # SA003196.
This company is not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
Contract Compliance No.: 31-1261664 - Roy Tailors Uniforms of Columbus, Inc., expires 10/09/2014.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested because the Division needs to order replacement items as soon as practical, to outfit the current recruit class, and to complete any emergency requests.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $1,000,000.00 from the Division of Police General Fund Budget, the Public Safety Initiative Fund, and the Division’s General Government Grant Fund for the purchase of uniforms. The Division of Police spent or encumbered $1,512,600.00 in the 2011 Police General Fund budget for uniforms. A total of $1,675,372.00 was spent or encumbered on uniforms in 2012.
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