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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To provide Emergency Repair of Sewers - Contract No. 01-WS2024
Entity Name: Underground Utilities Corporation
Entity Address: 711 Commerce Road, Linden, New Jersey 07036
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $ 3,794,160.00
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW038-00-8003-A-71970-B2024
Contract Period: 730 calendar days from the date of the issuance of a written 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:
Bid Packages Distributed: Five (5)
Bids Received: Three (3)
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WHEREAS, on May 28, 2024, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department") advertised to solicit for contractor(s) to provide Emergency Repairs of Sewers in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the Department distributed Five (5) bid packages to prospective vendors following the date of bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on June 12, 2024, the Department 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, on August 7, 2024, Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R12-C authorizing the award of Contract No. 01-WS2024, Emergency Repair of Sewers, to Shauger Property Services, Inc. ("Shauger") in the amount of Three Million, Six Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,648,450.00); and
WHEREAS, on the same day just hours before the Municipal Council meeting commenced, Shauger submitted a letter to the Department requesting to withdraw its bid asserting a cost item error in its bid if used would cause financial irreparable h...
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