Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - Competitive Contracting
Purpose: To authorize the use of competitive contracting for the provision of Construction Management Consultant Services for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project.
Entity Name: Not Applicable
Entity Address: Not Applicable
Contract Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: $0.00
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:
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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 construction management consultant (the “Services”) as Owner’s Representative to monitor and advise the City on all aspects of the Project during the pre-construction, bidding, construction and post-construction phases; 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 procurement of the Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY THAT:
1. The procurement for the construction management consultant services for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project be and is hereby authorized to be conducted by the City utilizing Competitive Contracting pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 et. seq.
2. The Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development shall file a copy of this Resolution and any accompanying documents in the Office of the City Clerk.
3. This Resolution shall be effective immediately.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the procurement of construction management consulting services by the City for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project utilizing Competitive Contracting pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 et seq.