Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Amendment to provide legal services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters Legal Services
Entity Name: DeCotiis, Doyle, LLP
Entity Address: 531 Dorchester Drive, River Vale, New Jersey 07675
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $800,000.00
Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development/NW026, Account #32100, B2025
Contract Period: February 1, 2026 through March 11, 2026
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:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") is involved in ongoing legal matters and therefore has a need to acquire Legal Services; and
WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services, exempt from the requirement for public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, by Resolution 7R6-d approved on June 4, 2025, awarded a professional services contract following a Fair and Open RFQ process to provide legal services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters for the City of Newark for calendar year 2025 through 2026; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the award of said contract, the contracting firm experienced an internal separation of attorneys and reorganization of its business structure, resulting in a change to the legal entity through which the services are provided; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend the existing agreement solely to reflect the firm separation from DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP to DeCotiis Doyle, LLP, while continuing to retain Michael R. DeCotiis, Esq., and his attorneys as originally selected through the RFQ process; and...
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