Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Service is responsible for snow and ice control on the City’s roadway system. In removing snow and ice, the department uses a variety of deicing chemicals. The department has been notified by our vendor that one of the primary chemicals used for deicing will not be available for the 2020-2021 winter season. The department has determined it is in the best interest of the City to utilize the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) deicing chemical contracts that are available to us.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Department of Public Service, to establish purchase orders, enter into contracts, create purchase agreements, and associate all general budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate purchase agreement necessary from existing and future ODOT chemical deicing contracts to obtain deicing chemicals for the 2020-2021 winter season.
Ordinance 582-87 authorizes the City of Columbus to purchase from cooperative purchasing contracts that are not bid but negotiated contracts. This ordinance seeks approval for the Finance and Management Director on behalf of the Department of Public Service to use ODOT’s contract number 124-21. ODOT 124-21 includes the following six vendors: Chloride Solutions, LLC, EnviroTech Services, Inc., Great Lakes Chloride, Inc., Innovative Municipal Products (US), Inc., K-Tech Specialty Coatings, Inc., and Nature’s Own Source, LLC. The Division of Infrastructure Management needs the following deicing chemicals from the above six vendors, which are on the current ODOT deicing chemical contract:
Chloride Solutions, LLC: Biomelt AG-64, Geomelt 55, Geomelt S7
EnviroTech Services, Inc.: Meltdown - Apex - C, AMP, SOS C Inhibited
Great Lakes Chloride, Inc.: Boost SB, Calcium Chloride with BOOST
Innovative Municipal Products (US), Inc.: ProMelt MAG 30 INH, ProMelt Ultra 1000 INH, ProMelt Ultra 2000 Inh, Magic Min...
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