Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amend Resolution 7R1-c021523
Purpose: To rescind contract award to IEH Auto Parts, LLC.
Entity Name: IEH Auto Parts, LLC
Entity Address: 901 N. Lenola Road, Moorestown, New Jersey 08052
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $440,000.00
Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire NW011-190-1903-83830-B2022/Department of Public Works, Division of Motors NW011-060-0602-83860-B2022/Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation/NW011-060-0605-83420-B2022/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/ NW037-750-7502-B2022
Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive months
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:
Original Resolution 7R1-c adopted on February 15, 2023.
This Resolution will amend the original Resolution by rescinding the contract awarded to IEH Auto Parts, LLC due to their inability to honor the contract award, as a result of internal company restructuring.
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WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1-c adopted on February 15, 2023, by the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and/or his designees, the Business Administrator and/or the Purchasing Agent, QPA (the “QPA”), to enter into and execute a contract with 1. East Coast Emergency Lighting, Inc., 200 Meco Drive, Millstone Township, New Jersey 08535; 2.) IEH Auto Parts, LLC, 901 N. Lenola Road, Moorestown, New Jersey 08057; 3.) Samuels, Inc. T/A Buy Wise Auto Parts, 2091 Springfield Avenue, Vauxhall, New Jersey 07088 and 4.) Vehicle Maintenance Program Inc., 3595 N. Dixie Highway Bay 7, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 to provide Automotive Accessories for the Department of Public Safety/Division of Fire, Department of Public Works/Divisions of Motors and Sanitation, and Department of Water and Sewer Utilities for an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($440,000.00), for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive months, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15; and
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2023, IEH Auto Parts LLC notified the Division of Central Purchasing that their company was experiencing internal restructuring and is unable to honor the contract award at this time and said Notice is made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark therefore wishes to amend Resolution 7R1-c adopted on February 15, 2023 by rescinding the contract award to IEH Auto Parts, LLC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council of the City of Newark hereby amends Resolution 7R1-c adopted on February 15, 2023 by rescinding the contract award to IEH Auto Parts LLC, 901 N. Lenola Road, Moorestown, New Jersey 08057 (the “Contractor”), due to IEH Auto Parts LLC’s inability to honor the contract award as a result of internal company restructuring.
2. Any authority to enter into and execute a contract pursuant thereto is null and void.
STATEMENT
This Resolution amends Resolution 7R1-c adopted on February 15, 2023, by rescinding the contract award to IEH Auto Parts LLC, 901 N. Lenola Road, Moorestown, New Jersey 08057, to provide Automotive Accessories, due to IEH Auto Parts LLC’s inability to honor the contract award as a result of internal company restructuring.