Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to renew (renewal number 1) a contract with Morse Transit Acquisitions, LLC. dba Towneplace Suites Columbus Easton to provide hotel services for recipients of the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Original contract amount $50,000.00 Ord. 0323-2022 PY 2022
Renewal No. 1 $ 0.00 PY 2023
Total Contract Amount $50,000.00
The city applied for and received a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard 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 two bidders under the authority of Columbus City Code Section 329.19. The original contract was PO258533 and expired December 31, 2021. Because a contract renewal number 1, authorized under ordinance 3044-2021, was not executed before the original contract expired, an additional ordinance (Ord. No. 0323-2022) was needed to provide services in 2022. Thus, this ordinance, is renewal number 1 to the latest original contract.
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 new contract term will ...
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