Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amend Resolution 7R1-n090822 to exercise the first option to renew
Purpose: The operation, management, and administration of services for the Government Access Television Studio.
Entity Name: Edward Joseph Cologna Productions, Inc.
Entity Address: Passaic, New Jersey 07055
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $575,000.00
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Department of Administration/Bus. Unit NW011, Dept. 200, Div./Proj. 2001, Activity A, Acct. 96770, Budget Ref. B2023
Contract Period: September 8, 2023 through September 7, 2024, with three (3) one (1) year options remaining, with the approval and authorization of the Municipal Council
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R1-n090822, adopted by the Municipal Council awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $575,000.00 per year, to Edward Joseph Cologna Productions, Inc., of Passaic, New Jersey 07055.
This Resolution authorizes the Department of Administration to exercise the first-year option for the operation, management, and administration of services for the Government Access Television Studio for the City of Newark, with three (3) one (1) year options remaining, upon approval and authorization of the Municipal Council.
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WHEREAS, on September 8, 2022, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R1-n authorizing the Department of Administration to enter into a contract with Edward Joseph Cologna Productions, Inc., 119 Aycrigg Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey 07055 to provide the operation, management, and administration of services for the Government Access Television Studio at an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($575,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Administration would like to exercise the first one-year option to renew for the contract period September 8, 2023 through September 7, 2024; and
WHEREAS, there shall be three one-year options to renew remaining; and
WHEREAS, all other contract terms and conditions will remain the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, and/or the Qualified Purchasing Agent, are hereby authorized to exercise the first one-year option to renew of the contract with Edward Joseph Cologna Productions, Inc., 119 Aycrigg Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey 07055 for the operation, management, and administration of services for the Government Access Television Studio for the City of Newark, for an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($575,000.00), for the period September 8, 2023 through September 7, 2024 with three (3) one-year options to renew remaining, upon approval and authorization of the Municipal Council. The option to renew the contract with Municipal Council authorization for each year shall not exceed Five Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($575,000.00) per year.
2. Attached hereto is a partial certification of Funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) from the City Comptroller that states that there are sufficient legally appropriated funds available in: Fund NW 011, Department ID 200, and Account # 96770, for the purposes set forth above. A copy of the Comptroller’s Certification shall be filed along with the original Resolution and the executed contract with the Office of the City Clerk.
3. This contract was procured and awarded as a Fair and Open Process if the State Pay-to-Play Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A 19:44A-20.5, State Local Public Contract Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1(k) and N.J.S.A 40A:11-4.3(a), and is in compliance with the City’s Pay-to-Play Ordinance, R.O 2:4-22C.1.
4. A copy of the executed contract has been filed in the office of the City Clerk.
5. A notice of this action shall be published in the newspaper authorized by law and as required by law within ten (10) days of its passage.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, and/or the Qualified Purchasing Agent, to exercise the first one-year option to renew of the contract with Edward Joseph Cologna Productions, Inc., 119 Aycrigg Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey 07055 for the purpose of providing operation, management, and administration of services for the Government Access Television Studio for the City of Newark, in an amount not to $575,000.00, for the period September 8, 2023 through September 7, 2024 with three (3) one-year options to renew remaining, upon approval and authorization of the Municipal Council.