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BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish a Universal Term Contract (UTC) for the option to purchase Orasure HIV Rapid Testing Supplies with Orasure Technologies, Inc. The Columbus Public Health Department is the sole user for the testing supplies to be used as the secondary test for preliminary positive HIV tests. Orasure Technologies, Inc. is the sole source for these supplies as they are the only licensed manufacturer and sole distributor of the products. The term of the proposed option contract would be approximately three (3) years, expiring April 30, 2022 with the option to renew for one (1) additional year. In addition, the expenditure of $1.00 is hereby authorized from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107.
Orasure Technologies, Inc. CC# 007366 expires 2/15/2021, $1.00
Total Estimated Annual Expenditure: $50,000.00, Columbus Public Health Department, the sole user
Emergency Designation: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation to be considered an emergency ordinance because the current contract expires on April 30, 2019.
The 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 Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: The expenditure of $1.00 is hereby authorized from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a Universal Term Contract for the option to purchase Orasure HIV Rapid Testing Supplies with Orasure Technologies, Inc. in accordance with the sole source provisions of the Columbus City Code; to authorize the expenditure of $1.00 from General Budget Reservation BRPO001107; and to declare an emergency. ($1.00).
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WHEREAS, the Orasure HIV Rapid Testing Supplies UTC will provide for the purchase of supplies used as the s...
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