Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Capital Wholesale Drug Co. in order to allow payment for prior purchases of pharmaceuticals needed by the Columbus Public Health TB program. Ordinance No. 0687-2016 authorizing a PO with Capital Wholesale Drug Co. in the amount of $155,000.00 was approved on 4/11/16. Inadvertently, TB drugs were not included in that contract. Also inadvertently, the Health Division ordered these drugs without there being a contract for them. There was an immediate need to purchase the pharmaceuticals in order to maintain patient care.
In order to quickly reimburse the vendor for these invoices and avoid any future purchase delays, emergency action is hereby requested. The contract compliance number for Capital Wholesale Drug Co. is 314377882, which is effective through February 18, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this purchase order are budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund for fiscal year 2016.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Capital Wholesale Drug Co. for the purchase of pharmaceuticals already acquired by Columbus Public Health; to authorize the expenditure of $18,254.50 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($18,254.50)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has acquired pharmaceuticals for patients of its TB program; and,
WHEREAS, due to complications with the transition to the Dynamics AX system as well as delays with the vendor, it was necessary to purchase these pharmaceuticals for the treatment of TB without a valid contract; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to establish a purchase order with Capital Wholesale Drug Co. to quickly reimburse the vendor for these invoices and avoid any future purchase delays, for the preservation of the publi...
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