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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide Planning Consulting Services, specifically the preparation of a redevelopment plan for the Port Industrial Area.
Entity Name: Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Entity Address: 1700 Market Street, Suite 2800, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $100,000.00
Funding Source: Community and Economic Development Fund
Contract Period: One (1) year from the date of issuance of a Notice to Proceed by the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Economic and Housing Development (the "City") advertised a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Planning Consulting Services for the preparation of the City of Newark's Port-Industrial Area Redevelopment Plan (the "Project") on May 14, 2019, in accordance with the requirements of Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq. (the "LPCL"); and
WHEREAS, Planning Consulting Services are "Professional Services" exempt from the public bidding requirements pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the City received a total of four (4) proposals in response to its RFP with a due date of June 4, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC, 1700 Market Street, Suite 2800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 ("WRT"), a national interdisciplinary team of planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects, submitted a proposal to the City of Newark, Department of Economic and Housing Development for Planning Consultin...
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