Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract -Environmental Remediation Counsel
Entity Name: Decotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP
Entity Address: Glenpointe Centre West, 500 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Ste. 31, Teaneck, New Jersey, 07666
Contract Amount: An amount not to exceed $25,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( X ) Fair & Open ( X ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( X ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, December 15, 2015
Deferred 7R7-i 121615
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is involved with remediation of environmentally contaminated properties within the City of Newark which requires 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 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 Litigation Services related to remediation of environmentally contaminated properties within the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark received a total of three (3) proposals in response to the RFQ; and
WHEREAS, Decotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP, 500 Frank W. Burr BLVD., Ste. 31, Teaneck, New Jersey, 07666, 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 litigation services related to remediation of environmentally contaminated properti...
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