Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide for a New Jersey State Licensed Operator for Support Services for Process Operations and Maintenance Improvement Assistance at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant 2026
Entity Name: Jerry J. Notte and Associates, LLC
Entity Address: 7 Winfield Court, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $498,270.00
Funding Source: 2026 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities NW037-750-7502-71280
Contract Period: Commences upon the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed and shall not exceed one (1) year
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark’s Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (“the Department”) requires Professional Engineering Services of a New Jersey Licensed Operator for support services for process operations and maintenance assistance at the City’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, and
WHEREAS, a proposal, dated October 7, 2025, was received by the Department from Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, outlining a scope of work to provide Professional Engineering Services of a Licensed Operator for support services for process, operations and maintenance improvement assistance at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, the Department wishes to execute a Professional Engineering Services Contract with Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, 7 Winfield Court, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, to provide Professional Engineering Services from a Licensed Operator for support services for the process, operations and maintenance improvement assistance at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, in an amount not to exceed $498,270.00, and this contract commences upon the issuance of a notice to proceed and shall not exceed one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, the provision of the Local Public Contracts Law N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a) authorizes the award of professional services agreement without public advertising of bids and bidding and requires that the contract be made available for public inspection; and
WHEREAS, this contract is for an amount over $17,500.00 and is being awarded as a Non-Fair and Open Contract, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5; and
WHEREAS, Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certificate which certifies that Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidates committee in the City of Newark in the previous one (1) year, and that the contract will prohibit Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, from making any reportable contributions through the term of the contract; and
WHEREAS, the award is in compliance with State of New Jersey’s Pay-to-Play statutory requirement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, are authorized to execute a contract with Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC 7 Winfield Court, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004, to provide Professional Engineering Services from a New Jersey State Licensed Operator for Support Services for Process Operations and Maintenance Improvement Assistance at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, in an amount not to exceed $498,270.00, for a period not to exceed one (1) year from issuance of a Notice to Proceed.
2. This is a contract which shall be awarded in one fiscal year although the date on which it properly takes effect falls in the next fiscal year. Accordingly, this contract is subject to the availability and appropriation of sufficient funds in the year in which it takes effect pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:30-5.5(e). Funds for this contract in the amount not to exceed Four Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Dollars and Zero cents ($498,270.00), shall be provided from the City of Newark 2026 Budget, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities. Further, this is an open-end contract, thus, for expenditures against the contract, a Certification of Funds attesting to availability of sufficient funds, as required by N.J.A.C. 5:30-5.5(b) shall be executed before a contractual liability is incurred.
3. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as a “Professional Service” in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) (i) of the Local Public Contracts Law, because the performance of the service required must be performed by a person (or persons) licensed to practice a recognized profession (Engineering) by the State of New Jersey, whose performance required knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal course of specialized instruction and study, as distinguished from general academic instruction.
4. The Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities shall file a duly executed copy of the contract, Determination of Value and Business Entity Disclosure Certificate in the office of the City Clerk.
5. Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certificate which shall be placed on file in the City Clerk’s Office by the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, certifying that Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the City of Newark in the previous one year, and that the contract will prohibit Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, from making any reportable contributions through the term of the contract.
6. A notice of this action shall be published in the newspaper authorized by law to publish a legal advertisement and as required by law within 10 days of its passage.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, to enter into a contract with Jerry J. Notte & Associates, LLC, to provide Professional Engineering Services from a New Jersey State Licensed Operator for Support Services for Process Operations and Maintenance Improvement Assistance at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant, in an amount not to exceed $498,270.00, for a period not to exceed one (1) year from issuance of a Notice to Proceed.