Title
Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide interpreting services in 180 languages during Court sessions.
Entity Name: Translation Plus, Inc. d/b/a CQ Fluency
Entity Address: 2 University Plaza, Suite 406, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Contract Amount: $80,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Office of the Mayor, Newark Municipal Court
Contract Period: September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( X ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( X ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Court of the City of Newark ("Newark Municipal Court") wishes to retain the services of interpreters to provide access to court proceedings for non-English speaking, deaf and hard of hearing persons in court and/or telephonically, ; and
WHEREAS, the professional services of interpreters to be rendered are exempt from the bidding provision of the Local Public Contracts Law under (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i)); and
WHEREAS, Translation Plus, Inc., d/b/a CQ Fluency, a company providing interpreting services, has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certificate, which shall be placed on file with the resolution in the Office of the City Clerk, certifying that Translation Plus, Inc., d/b/a CQ Fluency, has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the City of Newark in the previous one (1) year, and the contract will prohibit Translation Plus, Inc., d/b/a CQ Fluency, from making reportable contributions through the term of contract; and
WHEREAS, this contract is awarded pursuant to the Non-Fair and Open Process, N.J.S...
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