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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: Lead Service Line restoration and Utility Pavement- Contract 02-WS2025
Entity Name: Rockborn Trucking and Excavation, Inc.
Entity Address: 12 Taylor Road, Wharton, New Jersey 07885
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $6,497,816.25
Funding Source: 2025 - 2027 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/ NW037-750-7505-71960 and NW038-800-8007-71970
Contract Period: 730 calendar days from the date of a written Notice to Proceed.
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Bid Packages Distributed: Seven (7)
Bids Received: Three (3)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") advertised Contract 02-WS2025 Lead Service Line restoration and Utility Pavement located at various locations in the City of Newark, on September 22, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department"), distributed seven (7) bid packages to prospective contractors following the date of bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on October 15, 2025, the Department received three (3) bids for the project in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the public advertisement and the receipt of public bids and the award of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1, et seq. constitutes a Fair and Open Process; and
WHEREAS, Rockborn Trucking and Excavation, Inc., 12 Taylor Road, Wharton, New Jersey 07885, submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, according to the specifications and in the total amount of Six Million Four Hundred Ninety-S...
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