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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - Library and Educational Goods and Services
Purpose: To provide online legal research for law and law related materials and services.
Entity Name: West Publishing Corporation, d/b/a West, a Thomson Reuters business
Entity Address: 620 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $66,430.56
Funding Source: 2019 and 2020 Budgets/Law Department
Contract Period: Two (2) years from the date of contract execution
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Exception to public bidding N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(q)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City"), desires to provide its Department of Law with the ability to perform online legal research for law and law related materials and services through the product WestlawNext offered by West Publishing Corporation, d/b/a West, a Thomson Reuters business; and
WHEREAS, the ability to perform online legal research and have immediate access to federal and state laws, case law and legal treatises is essential to the ability of the City's attorneys to effectively and efficiently perform and carry out their duties; and
WHEREAS, West Publishing Corporation, d/b/a West, a Thomson Reuters business has made upgrades and improvements to its product and has presented a proposal to the City offering WestlawEdge for our online legal research and law related materials and services; and
WHEREAS, West Publishing Corporation, d/b/a West, a Thomson Reuters business ("West"), 620 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123, has submitted a proposal to provide the City with WestlawEdge, its Online legal research service for legal and law related materials...
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