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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To provide Valve Inspection, Testing, Exercising and Condition Assessment of Valves (4-inch to 12-inch or less than 16-inch) - Contract #23-WS2025 Re-Bid
Entity Name: ValveTek Utility Services, LLC
Entity Address: 16 Interhaven Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $788,450.00
Funding Source: 2026 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW037-750-7502-71280-B2026
Contract Period: 730 calendar days from the date of a written Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
Additional Information:
Bid Packages Distributed: Two (2)
Bids Received: One (1)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (“the City” and/or “the Department”) advertised Contract 23-WS2025 Valve Inspection, Testing, and Condition Assessment of Valves (4-Inch to 12-inch or less than 16-inch) on September 23, 2025, distributed eight (8) bid packages to prospective bidders and on October 16, 2025, received and opened two (2) bids; and
WHEREAS, the bids for contract 23-WS2025 were rejected because the City decided to revise the bid specifications, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2(d); and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2026, the City advertised Contract 23-WS2025 Re-Bid - Valve Inspection, Testing, and Condition Assessment of Valves (4-Inch to 12-inch or less than 16-inch); and
WHEREAS, the Department distributed two (2) bid packages to prospective bidders following the date of the bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2026, the Department received and opened one (1) bid for the project in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.; and
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