Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amend Resolution # 7R1-m, adopted July 10, 2024, to exercise a one-year (1-year) option to renew the contract.
Purpose: To provide continued street outreach and housing navigation services to unsheltered Newark residents under an existing contract.
Entity Name: Bridges Outreach Inc.
Entity Address: 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey, 07901
Contract Amount: $800,000.00
Funding Source: NW011-200-2001-97550-B2025
Contract Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( X ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The Resolution authorizes the Offices of the Mayor and Homeless Services to exercise a one-year option to renew an existing contract. This renewal contract will continue to enable the Offices of the Mayor and Homeless Services to provide outreach services for homeless individuals.
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WHEREAS, on July 10, 2024, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R1-m authorizing the Department of Administration to enter into a contract with Bridges Outreach, Inc., 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey 07901 to provide street outreach and housing navigation services to unsheltered Newark residents for an amount not to exceed Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($800,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Administration would like to exercise the one-year (1-year) option to renew that contract for the period from commencing on January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, all other contract terms and conditions shall remain the same.
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 and/or his designees, the Business Administrator or the Purchasing Agent, QPA, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute a renewal contract with St. Bridges Outreach, Inc., 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey 07901, for the operation, management and administration of street outreach and housing navigation services to unsheltered Newark residents. Said renewal contract exercises the City of Newark’s one-year (1-year) option to renew the contract authorized by Resolution 7R1-m adopted by the Municipal Council on July 10, 2024. The renewal contract shall be for a term of one (1) year, commencing as of January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2025. The authorization granted herein is ratified back to January 1, 2025.
2. The contract (including the original and the renewal contract) amount shall not exceed the initial authorized amount of Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cent ($800,000.00).
3. Attached hereto is the Chief Financial Officer’s Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($200,000.00) indicating that sufficient funds are available in the 2025 Temporary Budget/Department of Administration/Office of Homeless Services/NW011-200-2001-97550-B2025 for the purposes set forth above. A certification of funds for the remaining balance, if any, shall be prepared and filed with this authorizing resolution.
4. The original contract was procured and awarded as a result of a Fair and Open Process within the meaning of the New Jersey State Pay-to-Play Law (N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.7).
5. If required by law or local regulation, a notice of this action shall be published accordingly.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies, amends and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designees, the Business Administrator, or the Purchasing Agent, QPA to enter into and execute a renewal contract with Bridges Outreach, Inc., 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey 07901, for the operation, management and administration of services to provide street outreach and housing navigation services to unsheltered Newark residents at an amount not exceed Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cent ($800,000.00).