Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation is to authorize the assignment of all past, present, and future business done by the City of Columbus with RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc to CHA Consulting, Inc. This change will reflect a company name change and federal identification number change for all contracts and purchase orders established with RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc.
RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. will now become CHA Consulting, Inc. and the previous vendor number / federal identification number 35-1062227 will change to 16-0966259. CHA Consulting, Inc. recently acquired RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. With this acquisition, RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. has agreed to transfer its business assets, including those contracts in which RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. is currently obligated to deliver engineering, architectural, construction inspection, and materials testing services to various administrative departments of the City of Columbus.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFO:
Former Company Name: RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc | 35-1062227 | 07/27/13 | MAJ
Current Company Name: CHA Consulting | 16-0966259 | 07/25/2015 | MAJ
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.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is requested in order to cancel and re-establish current contracts to continue making payments without any delays.
FISCAL IMPACT: No financial impact is anticipated. Current contracts will be cancelled and re-established with identical funding.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Utilities and Director of Public Service to modify all contracts and agreements by assigning all past, present, and future contracts and purchase orders with RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc to CHA Consulting, Inc. and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus through the Department of Public Utilities and Director of Public Service has established various contracts and agreements with RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc; and
WHEREAS, RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. has been acquired by CHA Consulting, Inc., and has agreed to honor the past, present and future purchase orders established; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to request Columbus City Council to authorize the Director of Public Utilities and Director of Public Service to assign all contracts past, present, and future of RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc. to CHA Consulting, Inc., in an emergency manner in order to cancel and re-establish current contracts and avoid overdue payments, 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 Public Utilities and Director of Public Service be and are hereby authorized and directed to modify all past, present and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change of the company name and FID number of RW Armstrong & Associates, Inc., FID #35-1062227 to CHA Consulting, Inc., FID #16-0966259.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with Section 329.16 of the Columbus City Codes.
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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 approves nor vetoes the same.