Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Sewer Maintenance Operations Center for a TV Step Van with related camera equipment from Best Equipment Company. This equipment is used to provide digital sidewall scanning of the various sanitary and stormwater lines to determine maintenance and repair needs and to inspect the lines. Digital sidewall scanning technology captures digital images generating a flat scan that can be reviewed five times faster than video, eliminating the need for pipe inspectors to spend time with a camera crawler stationary while they pan, tilt and rotate a camera to create a videotape record. When digital scanning is complete, the flat scans are reviewed off-site, no longer requiring real-time on-site analysis. Our research indicates that this technology will greatly enhance the speed and detail at which pipeline inspection can be performed.
A copy of the State of Ohio, State Term Schedule is attached to this legislation. The purchase of this equipment will be in accordance with the current State of Ohio, State Term Schedule (STS), Index #STS670, Schedule #800189 which expires on August 31, 2015. The City of Columbus does not include this equipment on any Universal Term Contract and does not foresee receiving better pricing through a bid process. The funding requested on this legislation is based on a quote dated November 19, 2013 and is in accordance with the State of Ohio, State Term Schedule pricing. Ordinance 582-87 authorizes the City of Columbus to participate in cooperative purchasing contracts and as a member of the Central Ohio Organization of Public Purchasers (CO-OPP), the City of Columbus is authorized to purchase from this contract.
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