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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters
Entity Name: Ehrlich Petriello Gudin Plaza, P.C.
Entity Address: 60 Park Place, Suite 1016, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $122,318.28
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-v adopted on December 21, 2022, awarded a contract for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, for a contract amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $22,318.28, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $122,318.28.
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WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, by Resolution 7R6-v, adopted on December 21, 2022 awarded a contract to Ehrlich Petriello Gudin Plaza and Reed, P.C., 60 Park Place, Suite 1016, Newark, New Jersey 07102 to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Ehrlich Petriello Gudin Plaza and Reed, P.C. on or about November 2023 expended the $100,000.00 and continued to provide legal services at the request of the Corporation Counsel for the remainder of the contract period; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal invoices require an i...
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