Explanation
Background:
This legislation authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court ("Municipal Court Clerk”) to enter into a one (1) year contract, with four (4) consecutive one (1) year renewal options with Computer Rescue 911, LLC for remote data back-up and recovery services (“data storage services”) for the Municipal Court Clerk’s Office.
These services provide data back-up, recovery from data loss, and a comprehensive disaster recovery system for viable data restoral for the Franklin County Municipal Court.
Bid Information: The Municipal Court Clerk's Office solicited competitive bids through RFQ 004790 in accordance with Columbus City Code 329. Proposals were received from three (3) companies; two (2) of the proposals were incomplete. The proposals were reviewed by a committee and evaluated in accordance with the committee's criteria. Computer Rescue 911, LLC achieved the highest score. In agreement with the committee, the Municipal Court Clerk awarded the bid to Computer Rescue 911.
Contract Compliance Number: 26-1321187
Expiration Date: 03/30/2019
DAX Vendor Number: 021197
Ordinance 1137- 2017: $22,587.00
This company is 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 finding for recovery certified search.
Emergency: To maintain uninterrupted data storage services for the Municipal Court Clerk's Office.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of $22,587.00 is available within the 2017 computer fund budget.
Title
To authorize the Municipal Court Clerk to enter into contract with Computer Rescue 911, LLC for data storage services for the Franklin County Municipal Court; to authorize an expenditure up to $22,587.00 from the Municipal Court Clerk computer fund and to declare an emergency.($22,587.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into a one (1) year contract, with four (4) consecutive one (1) year renewal options with Computer Rescue 911, LLC for the provision of remote data back-up and recovery services for the Franklin County Municipal Court; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Municipal Court Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to enter into the contract with Computer Rescue 911, LLC for remote data back-up and recovery services without interruption thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Municipal Court Clerk be and is hereby authorized to enter into the contract with Computer Rescue 911, LLC, with four (4) consecutive one (1) year renewal options, in the amount of $22,587.00 for the provision of remote data back-up and recovery services for the Franklin County Municipal Court.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $22,587.00 or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized to be expended from department 26, Municipal Court Clerk computer fund 2227, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this legislation.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which are hereby made a part of 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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.