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 Righter Company for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage, located at 100 North Front Street.
This project will restore the spalling concrete on the eastern half of the southward facing exterior elevation as well as the full eastward facing exterior elevation of the garage. This project will remove certain existing concrete as well as patch, paint and spot repair as needed. The patching and painting will proceed as weather allows.
Formal bids were solicited and the city received four bids on October 13, 2017 as follows (0 FBE, 0 MBE):
The Righter Company $162,000.00
General Maintenance and Engineering Company $172,993.00
2K General Company $203,500.00
R.W. Setterlin Building Company $253,419.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, The Righter Company.
Emergency action is requested so that this exterior concrete restoration can commence as quickly as possible.
The Righter Company Contract Compliance No. 31-0889208, expiration date February 18, 2018.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $162,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund with The Righter Company for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage. The Department of Finance and Management budgeted $165,000.00 for said project.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with The Righter Company for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage; to authorize the expenditure of $162,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($162,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Office of Construction Management solicited formal competitive bids for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage, located at 100 North Front Street; and
WHEREAS, The Righter Company was deemed the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $162,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a contract with The Righter Company for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage, located at 100 North Front Street, 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 Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with The Righter Company for restoration of the exterior concrete of the Front Street Garage, located at 100 North Front Street.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $162,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund, Object Class 06 Capital Outlay per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance
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 the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.