Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amend Resolution #7R1-E 06/04/2025, to exercise the first option to extend existing contract and increase the contract amount.
Purpose: Senior Nutrition Food Program
Entity Name(s) / Entity Address(es):
1. Kings Family Restaurant and Catering, 557 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108
2. Tossed NJ Corp, 89 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
3. Brooklyn Kitchen, 2780 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11224
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $750,000, annually, for multiple vendors combined.
Funding Source: 2026 Budget/Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services/Food Stuffs/NW011-160-1609-83210-B2026
Contract Period: To be ratified for October 9, 2026 through October 8, 2027 with One (1) one (1) year options remaining to renew, with the approval and authorization of the Municipal Council
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:
Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025, adopted by the Municipal Council awarded a contract for the Senior Nutrition Food Program in an amount not to exceed $630,000.00 per year.
This Resolution amends Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 by correcting an administrative error and increasing the initial not-to-exceed contract amount by $120,000.00 to a new total, not-to-exceed contract amount of $750,000.00 annually. It further authorizes the exercise of the City of Newark’s first of two, one-year options to renew the contract for the Senior Nutrition Food Program.
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WHEREAS, on June 04, 2026, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R1-E (“Resolution”) authorizing the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services to enter into contracts with four vendors: Kings Family Restaurant and Catering, 557 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108; Tossed NJ Corp, 89 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, Brooklyn Kitchen, 2780 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11224, and Chrill Care, 201 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, New Jersey 11224 to provide Senior Nutrition Food Program at a combined amount not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($630,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the published bid specifications for the said contract provided for a one-year contract with two (2) one-year options to renew; and
WHEREAS, due to an administrative error, the Resolution and the executed contracts failed to include the term renewal provisions provided for in the published bid specifications; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to amend Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 and the related executed contracts so as to conform same to the published bid specifications; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services (“Department”) desires, as provided for in the published bid specifications, to exercise the first one-year option to renew with respect to three of the four vendors, the fourth vendor’s contract having been terminated for unsatisfactory performance; and
WHEREAS, the Department further desires to increase the initial contract amount by One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($120,000.00), for a new total not-to-exceed contract amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($750,000.00); and
WHEREAS, there shall be one (1) one-year option 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. Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 is hereby amended to conform the said Resolution to the underlying, published bid specifications. Paragraph 2 of the said Resolution is thus hereby amended to authorize a one-year contract term with two (2) one-year options to renew. Except as otherwise stated below, the remaining provisions of the Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 shall remain unchanged.
2. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designees, the Business Administrator, and/or the Qualified Purchasing Agent, are hereby authorized, in connection with the Senior Nutrition Food Program, to (1) execute any written contract amendments necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution and (2) execute any renewal contract necessary to exercise the first one-year option to renew of the contract with the following vendors: Kings Family Restaurant and Catering, 557 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108; Tossed NJ Corp, 89 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; and Brooklyn Kitchen, 2780 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11224. Said renewal contracts shall be for an aggregate combined amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($750,000.00) for the period October 9, 2026 through October 8, 2027. The remaining one-year option to renew the contract is subject to Municipal Council approval.
3. The authority granted in this Resolution is ratified back to June 04, 2025, the date of adoption of Resolution 7R1-E.
4. The not-to-exceed contract amount initially authorized by Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 is hereby increased by One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($120,000.00), for a new total not-to-exceed contract amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($750,000.00).
5. Attached hereto is the Chief Financial Officer’s partial certification of funds indicating that funds in the following account in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($15,000.00) are available in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the purposes stated in this Resolution: Business Unit NW 011 Department ID 160 Division 1609 and Account # 83210 B2026. Following the adoption of the 2026 Final Budget a certification of funds for the remaining amount attributable to budget year 2026 shall issue and be filed along with this Resolution in the Office of the City Clerk. The contract beyond the temporary budget period and in budget year 2027 is subject to the availability and appropriation of sufficient funds.
6. 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.
7. A copy of the executed renewal contracts shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk by the Purchasing Agent.
8. 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 amends Resolution 7R1-E 06/04/2025 and ratifies and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, and/or the Qualified Purchasing Agent, to increase the prior-year contract amount by $120,000.00 and to exercise the first one-year option to renew the contract with Kings Family Restaurant and Catering, 557 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108; Tossed NJ Corp, 89 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; and Brooklyn Kitchen, 2780 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11224 for the Senior Nutrition Food Program for the City of Newark, for an amount not to exceed $750,000.00, for the period October 9, 2026 through October 8, 2027 with one (1) one-year option to renew remaining, upon approval, ratification and authorization of the Municipal Council. The option to renew the contract with Municipal Council authorization for this year shall not exceed $750,000.00 per year