Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with S.A. Comunale Company, for the installation of surge protection for the various City of Columbus buildings which are monitored by the Central Monitoring System at City Hall, 90 West Broad Street. Ordinance No. 1920-2012, passed by City Council October 3, 2012, authorized the contract with S.A. Comunale for the installation of the Central Monitoring System at City Hall, 90 West Broad Street.
A modification of the contract is necessary for the installation of surge protection on fifty-seven fire alarm panels located at the various City Buildings being monitored. The work shall include, but is not limited to, the installation of surge protectors on the main 120 volt power supply for each fire alarm panel dialer, if separate from the main alarm panel, and on two phone lines. The surge protection will provide an extra line of security from the fire alarm panels to the monitoring station. The surge protection is a preventive measure that should eliminate service calls to replace entire fire panels at the buildings after power surges have occurred.
S.A. Comunale was chosen to perform this work because it is already under contract with Facilities Management as it is the contractor for the fire alarm systems. Therefore it would not be in the best interest of the City to select another vendor to complete this work. Prices already established in the contract were used to determine the cost of this modification.
Emergency action is requested to ensure that the needed services are not delayed; thus reducing the risk of potential outage and or interruption in services.
S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 34-1122758, expiration date December 13, 2014.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this modification is $67,588.13. Funding is available in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund....
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