Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Professional Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis.
Entity Name: Professional Consulting, Inc.
Entity Address: Octagon 10 Office Center, 1719 Route 10, Suite 225, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $100,000.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/037-750-7502-71240-B2021 and/or 038-800-8003-71240-B2021
Contract Period: One (1) year from the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
RFQ’s Distributed: Eighteen (18)
Qualification Statements Received: Sixteen (16)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, is in need of standby Professional Engineering Services on an As-Needed Basis; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the public bidding process of the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities advertised a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) on October 19, 2020; and
WHEREAS, eighteen (18) prospective Respondents obtained Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Packages from the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities; and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2020, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities received sealed Statement of Qualifications from sixteen (16) firms for the Professional Engineering Services; and
WHEREAS, a qualification statement received from Professional Consulting, Inc., Octagon 10 Office Center, 1719 Route 10, Suite 225, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, for Professional Engineering Services on an as-needed basis, was found to be in the best interest of the City of Newark to accept; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the “City”) desires to enter into an agreement with Professional Consulting, Inc., Octagon 10 Office Center, 1719 Route 10, Suite 225, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, to provide Professional Engineering Services on an as-needed basis, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00); and
WHEREAS, for each project assigned to Professional Consulting, Inc., under this contract, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities shall file a copy of the Proposal, Notice to Proceed and fully executed Agreement with the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a) requires that notice of award of contracts for “Professional Services” without competitive bidding be published in a local newspaper; and
WHEREAS, the award of this contract is necessary for the efficient operation of the City of Newark’s Department of Water and Sewer Utilities and is in compliance with Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., and with the Fair and Open Process described in the New Jersey Local Unit Pay-to-Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, Professional Consulting, Inc., has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certificate which certifies that Professional Consulting, Inc., has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidates committee in the City of Newark in the previous one (1) year, and that the contract will prohibit Professional Consulting, Inc., from making any reportable contributions through the term of the contract; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted the Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, R. O. 2:4-22C, which forbids the award of a contract to a business entity, as defined therein, as defined therein, which has made or solicited political contributions to Newark Municipal Candidates, office holders having ultimate responsibility for the award of a contract; candidate committees of the aforementioned candidates; and political and political party committees of the City of Newark or County of Essex.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council hereby authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, to accept the qualification statement from Professional Consulting, Inc., and execute an agreement with Professional Consulting, Inc., Octagon 10 Office Center, 1719 Route 10, Suite 225, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, to provide Professional Engineering Services to the City’s Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, on an as-needed basis, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a period of one (1) year from the date of the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed.
2. This is an open-ended contract to be used as-needed during the term of the contract. Thus, for any and all expenditures against the contract, a Certification of Funds from: Account Code Line 037-750-7502-71240-B2021 and/or 038-800-8003-71240-B2021, attesting to availability of sufficient funds, as required by and pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:30-5.5(b), shall be executed before a contractual liability is incurred each time an order is placed covering the amount of the order. This contract shall not, in total, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) for one (1) year.
3. For each project awarded to Professional Consulting, Inc., under this contract, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities shall file a copy of the Proposal, Notice to Proceed and fully executed Agreement with the Office of the City Clerk.
4. It is the responsibility of the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities to ascertain the availability of sufficient funds before ordering Professional Engineering Services; furthermore, the Director will provide the Municipal Council and the Business Administrator with appropriate monthly reports during the term of the contract.
5. There shall be no amendment or change to the contracts without prior approval by the Municipal Council.
6. There shall be no advance payments made against the contracts in accordance with N.J.A.C. 40A:5-16.
7. The Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities shall forthwith file a duly executed copy of the contract in the Office of the City Clerk.
8. This contract is awarded without competitive bidding as a “Professional Service” in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i) of the Local Public Contracts Law, because the performance of the service required must be performed by a person (or Persons) licensed to practice a recognized engineering profession by the State of New Jersey, whose performance required knowledge of an advance type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal course of specializing instruction and study, as distinguished from general academic instruction.
9. This contract is being awarded pursuant to the Fair and Open Procedures of the State Pay-to-Play Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i)) and is in compliance with the City’s Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, P.O. 2:4-22C.
STATEMENT
This resolution hereby authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, to enter into and execute a contract with Professional Consulting, Inc., Octagon 10 Office Center, 1719 Route 10, Suite 225, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, to provide the City’s Department of Water and Sewer Utilities with professional engineering services on an as-needed basis, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, for a period of one (1) year from the date of the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed.