Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance & Management Director to issue a purchase order for the Division of Police in the amount of $15,008.00 with Standard Fusee Corporation DBA Orion Safety Products for road flares. The Division of Police needs to purchase fifty (50) boxes of thirty-six (36) of the Spike less Automotive Highway Emergency 20 minute road flares, and three-hundred (300) boxes of thirty-six (36) of the Spike less Automotive Highway Emergency 30 minute road flares from an existing State of Ohio Term Contract with Orion Safety Products. Road flares are used to warn drivers of impending hazards along City streets and highways. This purchase by the City of Columbus from a State of Ohio contract is authorized by Ordinance 582-87 that allows for the cooperative purchasing between the State of Ohio Department of Administrative Services Cooperative Contracts and other governmental entities.
Bid Information: A State of Ohio Term Contract #RS900711 exists for this purchase.
Contract Compliance: Standard Fusee Corporation DBA Orion Safety Products #061240151 expires 3/09/2017
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be considered an emergency measure to allow for the immediate funding needed for purchase of road flares for the Division of Police.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $15,008.00 from the General Fund for the purchase of road flares. The Division of Police budgeted $43,550.00 from the 2015 General Fund operating budget for this purpose. Funding exists in the Division of Police’s General Fund Budget for these services. The Division of Police has encumbered and spent $19,960.44 in 2015 for road flares.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order for road flares for the Division of Police from an existing Cooperative State of Ohio Term Contract established for such purpose by the State of Ohio Department of Administrative Service...
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