Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order for the Division of Power to obtain Pole Line Hardware from an existing Universal Term Contract with Wesco - Aurora Utility. The Purchasing Office has established a Universal Term Contract to obtain Pole Line Hardware (SA004869/FL005627) that expires March 31, 2015. The purchase of Pole Line Hardware will be used for new installations and maintenance for day-to-day operations. The contract includes hardware such as insulators, grounding hardware, spacers, fuses, clamps, brackets and bolts to attach equipment to the poles (regulators and transformers) for power service.
SUPPLIER: Wesco - Aurora Utility (25-1723345) Expires 7/3/2015
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.
FISCAL IMPACT: $90,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase.
$82,678.09 was spent in 2013.
$61,357.40 was spent in 2012.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a Blanket Purchase Order from an existing Universal Term Contract for Pole Line Hardware with Wesco - Aurora Utility, for the Division of Power, and to authorize the expenditure of $90,000.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($90,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office established a Universal Term Contract for the option to obtain Pole Line Hardware, with Wesco - Aurora Utility; and
WHEREAS, this contract is utilized for Pole Line Hardware which is used for new installations and maintenance for day-to-day operations; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power, to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order in accordance with the terms and conditions of an existing Universal Term Contract to obtain Pole Line Hardware for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish a Blanket Purchase Order for the purchase of Pole Line Hardware with Wesco - Aurora Utility, 1255 Danner Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202, for the Division of Power, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $90,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Electricity Operating Fund, Fund 550, as follows, to pay the cost thereof:
OCA 606723
Object Level 3: 2273
Amount: $90,000.00
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.