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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide legal services concerning Workers' Compensation Matters
Entity Name: The Woolridge Law Firm, LLC.
Entity Address: 462 South Harrison Street, Suite 200, Orange, New Jersey 07050
Contract Amount: An amount not to exceed $125,000.00
Funding Source: Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund
Contract Period: January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018
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
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark 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 Acting Corporation Counsel of the City of Newark caused to be published on the City of Newark's website, a Notice of Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") for Workers' Compensation Services on or about October 27, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark received a total of five (5) proposals in response to the RFQ; and
WHEREAS, The Woolridge Law Firm, LLC, 462 South Harrison Street, Suite 200, Orange, New Jersey 07050, submitted a proposal and it was found, based upon price and other factors, to be in the best interest of the City of Newark to accept the proposal for the purpose of providing legal services concerning Workers' Compensation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wishes to enter into a new contract with The Woolridge Law Firm, LLC, to provide legal services concerning Workers' Compensation Matters in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-F...
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