Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase a services contract with Solutient Technologies for the Department of Public Service Refuse Radiation Alarm Remediation contract. The amount of the modification is $30,000.00. This is the first modification to the original contract.
The City of Columbus is contractually obligated to use the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) landfill. On January 31, 2013, SWACO activated radiation monitors at the landfill and transfer stations. All vehicles entering these locations with the intent to unload trash pass through the monitors and if a monitor is tripped the vehicle is not allowed to unload. The vehicle owner is required to engage a company to identify and remove the radioactive material, perform remediation work on the vehicle, and properly dispose of the radiated material. This allows the vehicle to unload and to be put back into service.
In anticipation of this need, the Department of Public Service issued a bid for remediation service through the Vendor Services web site in January of 2013. The contract was awarded to Solutient Technologies. With no prior history to estimate the annual cost of this service, research was conducted with other Ohio landfills prior to the bid to estimate the number of times Public Service could anticipate Division of Refuse Collection vehicles would trip the radiation monitors and to estimate the annualized cost. Based upon the results of this research, the contract issued to Solutient Technologies was for less than $20,000.00.
Solutient Technologies has been paid approximately $15,000.00 for services performed as a result of monitors tripping for the first six months of the contract. It is now anticipated that the initial contract award amount will not be sufficient to pay for remediation expenses through the first year of the contract. This modification will allow the adjustment of the contract t...
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