Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with 2K General Company for furnishing and installing an eight-foot high steel fence along with pedestrian and automated vehicular gates at Carol Stewart Village, 1551 W Broad Street.
Scope of work includes all necessary grading, tree removal, concrete footings, and electrical supply.
The Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, solicited a request for bids, which were formally advertised on May 18, 2022 the city received only one (1) response (0 AS1, 0 FBE, 0 MBE,) as follows:
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Bidder/Consultant |
City |
Amount |
|
2K General Company |
Delaware |
$466,100.00 |
2K General Company submitted the bid of $466,100.00. The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid for $466,100.00 to be made to the sole responsive and responsible bidder, 2K General Company.
2K General Company Contract Compliance No. CC005739, expiration date June 14, 2024.
Emergency action is requested in order to expedite security and safety for the Carol Stewart Village residents.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $ 466,100.00 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for furnishing and installing an eight-foot high steel fence along with pedestrian and automated vehicular gates at 1551 W Broad Street. These funds were budgeted within the Community Development Block Grant (2248)
Title
To authorize the appropriation of funds in the Community Development Block Grant; to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with 2K General Company to furnish and install an eight-foot high steel fence along with pedestrian and automated vehicular gates at 1551 W Broad Street; to authorize the expenditure of $466,100.00 from the Community Development Block Grant (2248); and to declare emergency. ($466,100.00)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to a Request for bids solicited by the Office of Construction Management, only one firm submitted bid on June 8, 2022 and 2K General Company was the sole responsive bidder; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Construction Management is recommending the contract award to 2K General Company; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $466,100.00 from the CDBG Fund (2248) in order for the Office of Construction Management to enter into a contract with 2K General Company to furnish and install an eight-foot high steel fence along with pedestrian and automated vehicular gates at 1551 W Broad Street; and
WHEREAS, the aggregated principal amount of obligations which the City will issue to finance this project is presently expected not to exceed $466,100.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exist in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, in that it is necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with 2K General Company in order to expedite security and safety for the Carol Stewart Village residents; 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 enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with 2K General Company for furnishing and installing an eight-foot high steel fence along with pedestrian and automated vehicular gates at 1551 W Broad Street.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $466,100.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within the Community Development Block Grant Fund 2248.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $466,100.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in the Community Development Block Grant Fund 2248, object class 03 Contractual Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the monies in the foregoing sections shall be paid upon order of the Director of Finance and Management, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 8 That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.