Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Xentry System Integration for the provision of a new city badge printer for Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Avenue. This equipment is necessary to update CPH’s current system, which is outdated and no longer functioning. The new equipment will be compatible with the City’s established standards for security systems, and will be linked to the current security system at City Hall. The contract with Xentry System Integration is in the amount of $8,721.00, which includes labor and materials.
Xentry System Integration installed the original access system at Columbus Public Health. They also installed the access system at City Hall. Contracting with Xentry System Integration, is the logical and most expeditious option for this badge printer. Contracting with another vendor could lead to logistical problems and errors due to lack of system consistency, so it is not in the City’s best interest to bid this system enhancement. Therefore, Columbus Public Health requests approval to waive competitive bidding for this contract.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to ensure compliance with the City’s safety regulations.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this capital improvement project expenditure are available within the Health G.O. Bonds Fund. This ordinance authorizes the transfer of cash of $3,721.00 and expenditure of $8,721.00 from the Health G.O. Bonds Fund.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash in the amount of $3,721.00 within the Health G.O. Bonds Fund; to amend the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Xentry System Integration for the purchase of a new city badge printer at Columbus Public Health; to waive competitive bidding provisions of the City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $8,721.00 from the Health G.O. Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergenc...
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