Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to reassign the Bridge Cleaning and Sealing 2019 service contract from Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company to SCA of Ohio, LLC. This contract under City Purchase Order Number PO208752 is for the cleaning and sealing of several bridges within the corporation limits of the City of Columbus. The reassignment is necessary because Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company was purchased by SCA of Ohio, LLC.
This ordinance officially recognizes these changes as required by the City Auditor's Office and assigns all past, present, and future transactions with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company to SCA of Ohio, LLC.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
SCA of Ohio is in the process of becoming contract compliant. The contract compliance number for SCA of Ohio is CC032129 and is under review by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
3. PRE-QUALIFICATION STATUS
Pre-qualification status is not applicable to this service contract.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
No additional expenditure is required for these assignments.
5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to effect these changes as soon as possible to promote accurate recording of transactions and to allow the service contract to proceed as scheduled.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to assign all past, present, and future Department of Public Service business transactions with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company to SCA of Ohio, LLC.; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Public Service Department has engaged in an ongoing business relationship with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company; and
WHEREAS, Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company has transitioned to operating under the name of SCA of Ohio, LLC; and
WHEREAS, these changes have been documented by written communications from the vendor involved; and
WHEREAS, the City Auditor's Office requires that these changes be officially acknowledged by City Council; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the Department of Public Service's uninterrupted payments to this vendor, it is necessary to assign all past, present, and future business to their successor firms; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to make these assignments to promote accurate recording of transactions and allow uninterrupted business with these firms, 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 Director of the Department of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to assign all past, present, and future Department of Public Service business relative to the Bridge Cleaning and Sealing 2019 service contract with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company to SCA of Ohio, LLC., 2137 Parkwood Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43219, contract compliance number CC032129, and is authorized to execute all documents relating thereto.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part 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.