Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Bell Equipment Co., as Bell Equipment has recently undergone a merger. This ordinance authorizes the assignment of all past, present and future business done by the City of Columbus from Bell Equipment Co. Tax ID# 38-1941706 to MacQueen Equipment LLC Tax ID# 41-0845185.
No additional funds are necessary to modify the option contract as requested. There is no change in the type of products being procured and the original contract was formally bid. The original terms and conditions remain in effect.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Finance and Management Department respectfully requests this legislation be considered an emergency in order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of Anti-Icing and Deicing Equipment.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required to modify the option contract. The Department of Public Service must set aside their own funding for their estimated expenditures.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to modify past, present and future contracts and purchase orders from Bell Equipment Co. to MacQueen Equipment LLC and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Purchasing Office has an option contract and open purchase orders for Anti-Icing and Deicing Equipment for use by Division of Traffic Management; and,
WHEREAS, Bell Equipment Co. has merged with MacQueen Equipment LLC and in addition to notifying the City, MacQueen Equipment LLC has agreed to honor the past, present and future contracts and agreements; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to modify all contracts and purchase orders established and in process with Bell Equipment Co. in order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of Anti-Icing and Deicing Equipment, 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 Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to modify all past, present and future contracts and purchase orders pursuant to those contracts to reflect the change from Bell Equipment Co. Tax ID# 38-1941706 to MacQueen Equipment LLC Tax ID# 41-0845185.
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.