Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to renew a contract with H.S. Heritage Inn of Columbus LLC dba Homewood Suites for an additional year to provide hotel services to the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Original contract amount $45,000 .00 PO220351
Renewal No. 1 amount $ 0.00
Total contract amount $45,000.00
The city applied for and received a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazzard Control and Healthy Homes grant in late 2019. The grant term is 3 ½ years. This HUD grant funds the Lead Safe Columbus program.
The purpose of the Lead Safe Columbus Grant Program is to generate lead safe affordable housing and to prevent lead poising of children and adults within Columbus neighborhoods. The purpose of this contract is to provide hotel services for occupants while lead hazard work is completed on their home.
The Department of Development advertised RFQ014458 on Vendor Services in December 2019 for hotel services for the Lead Safe Columbus program. Two bids were received and the Director of Development entered into contract with one bidder under the authority of Columbus City Code Section 329.19. For the original contract, the contract period is from the date of approval of the purchase order to December 31, 2020, with an option to renew until the grant period has been completed. Because the federal grant allows renewal of contracts for services for the term of the grant, the department desires to utilize this option to effectively and efficiently manage the program. Advertising for services annually would interrupt the program and possibly result in the program not meeting its required goals. The fee for services in the contract renewal will be the same as that of the original contract.
This legislation will extend the contract an additional year, ending December 31, 2021. Barring unforeseen circumstanced, the Director anticipates submitting future legislation to ren...
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