Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to modify the existing City contract with K. N. S. Services, Inc. to provide service and maintenance for security systems for the Facilities Management Division.
This ordinance also requests waiver of the competitive bidding requirements of Columbus City Code, Chapter 329 as K. N. S. Services Inc. provides all the hardware, software, technical support, and equipment replacements for security systems for the Facilities Management Division. Currently K.N.S. Services Inc. provides these security services for city facilities such as City Hall, Columbus Public Health, Arlingate Facility, various Recreation Centers, the Jerry Hammond Center, 17th and 25th Avenue Public Service facilities. K.N.S. will also support security system services at the new Michael B. Coleman Governmental Building and is providing security system upgrades at the Municipal Court building to ensure standardization with other City facility systems.
The original contract with KNS was a purchase order in the amount of $20,000.00. Ordinance 1871-2016 in the amount of $168,943.00, was passed by Council on July 25, 2016 to upgrade the security systems at the Municipal Court building. This modification will make the total KNS contracts total $208,943.00.
Emergency action is requested so that the existing contract can be modified and K.N.S. Services, Inc. can provide the necessary security services, including camera replacements for the Facilities Management Division.
The Contract Compliance Number for K. N. S. Services, Inc. is 31-1460220, EBO Certification
# CC005443, with an expiration date of 2/18/2018.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $20,000.00 from the General Fund with K.N.S. Services, Inc. to provide service and maintenance for security systems for the Facilities Management Division. The Facilities Management Division budgeted $20,000.00 in the General Fund for thes...
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