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Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - Competitive Contracting N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 et seq.
Purpose: To authorize the use of Competitive Contracting for Parking Consultant Services.
Entity Name: Not Applicable
Entity Address: Not Applicable
Contract Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: Not Applicable
Contract Period: Not Applicable
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
RESOLUTION OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING FOR THE PROVISION OF PARKING CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE MULBERRY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, in the County of Essex, New Jersey (the “City”) intends to solicit a contractor to construct the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge (the “Project”), which will serve as a landmark central pedestrian access connector to address major transportation needs for the State’s largest city; and
WHEREAS, the City will require the services of a Parking Consultant Services (the “Services”) to advise the City on existing parking issues and conditions in the study area consisting of the Ironbound, Downtown and Newark Penn Station surrounding the Project, including but not limited to parking demand and supply forecasts and projections of future revenues for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to procure the Services utilizing the Local Public Contracts Law’s “(LPCL”) competitive contracting provisions found at N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 et seq. (“Competitive Contracting”); and
WHEREAS, the Services to be procured are permitted to be competitively procured as consulting services pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A 40A:11-4.1(m); and
WHEREAS, LPCL requires that the City adopt a resolution authorizing the use of Competitive Contracting for the procurement of such Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, New Jersey that:
1. The Municipal Council hereby authorizes the use of Competitive Contracting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4 et seq., to procure Parking Consultant Services for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project.
2. The Competitive Contracting process shall be administered by the Qualified Purchasing Agent, with the assistance of the Director of Finance or her designee, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1(m) and any contract awarded under this process shall be made by resolution of the Municipal Council, subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4-5(e).
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the use of Competitive Contracting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4 et seq., to procure Parking Consultant Services for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project.