Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with the Farber Corporation for the replacement of the heat pumps at 1393 East Broad Street.
The project will install new energy efficient heat pumps on all three floors and basement of the City owned building at 1393 E. Broad Street. The existing heat pumps are past their useful life expectancy and when they need to be repaired, the parts are difficult to find.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received two bids as follows (1* FBE, 0 MBE):
Farber Corporation $208,400.00
*General Temperature Control $236,400.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends that the bid be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, the Farber Corporation.
Farber Corporation Contract Compliance No. 31-0746886
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $208,400.00. Funds for this contract are budgeted and available in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund and the General Permanent Improvement Fund. This legislation also authorizes the appropriation of $158,387.60 from the cash reserves of the General Permanent Improvement Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $158,387.60 from the unappropriated balance of the General Permanent Improvement Fund; to amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Farber Corporation; and to authorize the total expenditure of $208,400.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund and the General Permanent Improvement Fund. ($208,400.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate funds in the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, formal bids were solicited and the City received two bids for the replacem...
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