The Administration recommends that the Board of Education ratify the execution and authorize the performance of a contract by The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, as follows:

With:

Tozour Automation

Purpose:

Provide Unit Ventilator Programming Services

Start date: 01/21/2021

End date: 6/30/2021

Compensation not to exceed: $80,000

Location:

Pratt, Rhoads, Thomas Morton, Bethune, Hamilton, Ben Franklin, Adaire, J B Kelly, and Greenfield

Description:

The Office of Facilities Management and Services has identified a need for a reliable source for programming unit ventilators (univents). In order to meet the ventilation requirements to support the supply of outside air due to COVID-19, it is necessary to reprogram 544 unit ventilators.  There are nine  schools that have existing Tozour-Trane univents which operate on a proprietary software platform.  School District personnel does not currently have the ability and capacity to reprogram these univents prior to the in-person learning timeline. This purchase was reviewed by the Office of Procurement Services and deemed an emergency procurement necessary to ready schools for operation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Goal or Guardrail Supported: Guardrail 1: Provide 100% of student with a safe, healthy and welcoming learning environment.