Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish a blanket purchase order for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant to obtain Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts in accordance with a pending Universal Term Contract. Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts are used by the Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant for maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of various processes throughout the plant including skimming, digesters and settling basins. The Purchasing Office is in the process of establishing a Universal Term Contract for Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts with McNaughton-McKay Electric which will expire on November 30, 2017.
EMERGENCY: Due to the criticality of this equipment to maintain current Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant operations, it is requested that this be emergency legislation to limit the exposure and impact to operations if the current system were to malfunction.
SUPPLIER: McNaughton-McKay Electric 38-3301318, Expires 7/21/16.
The companies are 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: $62,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase.
$50,000.00 was spent in 2014.
$44,309.00 was spent in 2013.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to a establish blanket purchase order for the purchase of Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts from a pending Universal Term Contract with McNaughton-McKay Electric for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to authorize the expenditure of $62,000.00 from the Sewerage Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($62,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office is in the process of establishing a Universal Term Contract for the purchase of Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts, and
WHEREAS, Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts are used by the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant for maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of various processes throughout the plant including skimming, digesters and settling basins, and
WHEREAS, a blanket purchase order will be issued in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications of the pending Universal Term Contract on file in the Purchasing Office, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Utilities Department in that it is immediately necessary 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 of Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley brand) Parts with McNaughton-McKay Electric, 2255 Citygate Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43219 for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in accordance with specifications of the pending Universal Term Contract 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 $62,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby authorized from the Sewerage Operating Fund, Fund No. 650, as follows:
Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
OCA: 605063
Object Level 1: 02
Object Level 3; 2273
Amount: $62,000.00
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.