Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the following Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements listed below for the purchase of Sewer Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
UNIVERSAL TERM CONTRACT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS:
Polymer
Liquid Sodium Bisulfite
Ferric Chloride
Sodium Hypochlorite
The companies are 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: $2,950,000.00 is budgeted and needed for this purchase. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2020 operating budget, Ordinance 2926-2019.
$2,518,116.06 was spent in 2019.
$1,773,540.45 was spent in 2018.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is requested to avoid the delay of purchasing chemicals necessary for the sewer treatment process. This will allow the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to continue to treat the waste and provide reduced backups and overflows to the citizens of Columbus and surrounding communities.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of Sewer Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to authorize the expenditure of $2,950,000.00 from the Sewerage Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($2,950,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreements for the purchase of Sewer Treatment Chemicals; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Man...
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