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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with State Entity, Rutgers University
Purpose: To provide a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director for a newly formed Community Mobile Outreach Program that will provide field-based services to homeless Newark residents with substance use disorders.
Entity Name: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
Entity Address: 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $142,500.00
Funding Source: Opioid Trust Account
Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
This contract will provide for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director, who will work closely with a mobile team of street outreach, housing, hospital, and law enforcement partners to provide homeless Newark residents managing substance use disorders with comprehensive evaluation, treatment, and medication management services and support with behavioral crisis and medical needs.
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Whereas, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services has a need to obtain the services of a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director for a newly formed Community Mobile Outreach Program to provide services to homeless Newark residents managing substance use disorders; and
Whereas, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services wishes to engage Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, to provide assistance per the attached scope of services; and
Whereas, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2) permits the Municipal Council to negotiate and award a contract without public advertising for bids and bidding therefore when the contract is made or entered into with an agency of the State of New Jersey.
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 (“City”) and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, are authorized to engage, execute, and enter into a contract with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103 for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($142,500.00) to obtain the services of a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director.
2. The term of said contract shall be for one year, commencing on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2024.
3. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as an exception to the Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(2) as a contract entered into with an agency of the State of New Jersey.
4. Attached hereto is a City Finance Director’s Certification of Funds certifying that sufficient legally appropriated funds are available in Account Code Line: 026 46548 B2023.
5. Along with the original resolution, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services shall cause to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk an original copy of the executed contract and a copy of the Finance Director’s certification of the availability of funds.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark (“City”) and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, to enter into a one-year contract with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103 in an amount not to exceed $142,500.00 to obtain the services of a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Medical Director