Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: Permanent Pavement Restoration over Water and Sewer Utility Excavations
Entity Name: Rockborn Trucking & Excavation, Inc.
Entity Address: 12 Taylor Road, Wharton, New Jersey 07885
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $940,500.00
Funding Source: 2017 Budget/ Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Contract Period: 730 calendar days from the date of Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Bids Solicited: Eight (8)
Bids Received: Three (3)
Bids Rejected: One (1)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark advertised Contract 02-WS2017 Permanent Pavement Restoration over Water and Sewer Utility Excavations on June 13, 2014, for the replacement of up to 10,000 square yards of permanent pavement, and on January 26, 2017 the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities received three (3) bids for said project in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, The Shauger Group, 429 Dodd Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017, submitted a bid in the amount of $770,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark's Department of Water and Sewer Utilities reviewed the Shauger Group's bid and found it failed to satisfy the City's MBE utilization goal and therefore the bid was rejected; and
WHEREAS, Rockborn Trucking & Excavation, Inc., 12 Taylor Road, Wharton, New Jersey 07885 ("Rockborn Trucking"), submitted a bid in the amount of $940,500.00; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark's Department of Water and Sewer Utilities reviewed Rockborn Trucking's bid and found it to be responsible and responsive to the bid specific...
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