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 Sewerage and Drainage to purchase Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories from an existing Universal Term Contract with Hach Company, (SA005695/FL006187) that expires on June 30, 2018.
SUPPLIER: Hach Company, (42-0704420) Expires 4/29/16
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.
EMERGENCY: The method for Free Cyanide has changed and in order to do the updated method we need to purchase a new detector for our Lachate Flow Injection Analyzers at Jackson Pike and Southerly. Once the detectors are installed we will be in compliance with our new NPDES permits.
FISCAL IMPACT: $14,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Sewer Operating Fund to meet the financial obligations of these various expenditures.
$20,000.00 was spent in 2014 for Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories.
$20,000.00 was spent in 2013 for Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories.
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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 Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories with Hach Company, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to authorize the expenditure of $14,000.00 from the Sewer Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($14,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established a Universal Term Contract with Hach Company to acquire Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and
WHEREAS, funding is available for these expenditures from the Sewer Operating Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Utilities Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order from an existing UTC with Hach Company and to appropriate said funds in order to have funding available at the earliest time available thereby preserving the City's public health, peace, safety, and welfare; 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 Hach Equipment Parts, Supplies & Accessories from the Universal Term Contract with Hach Company, PO Box 608, Loveland, CO 80539, on behalf of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $14,00.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Dept/Div 60-05, Sewer Operating Fund 650, OCA 605105, Object Level One 02, Object Level Three 2203, to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.