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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide legal services concerning lead pipe replacement litigation.
Entity Name: Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman and Robbins, LLP
Entity Address: 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036-6516
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $500,000.00
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/Bus Unit: NW037, Dept. 750, Div./Proj.: 7502, Acct: 71260, Budget Ref. 2024
Contract Period: March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, is involved in ongoing Legal Matters and has a need to acquire Legal Services; and
WHEREAS, Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins, LLP has agreed to serve as Special Counsel for the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities; and
WHEREAS Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins, LLP has represented that they are qualified by their training and experience to provide the required legal services, which the Corporation Counsel and the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities certify is essential and necessary; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities wishes to enter into a contract with Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins, LLP to provide Legal Services in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00), for a period of March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the actions contemplated by this resolution shall result in the award of a Non-Fair and Open Contract in accordance with the State Pay to Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, which...
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