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Dept./ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To provide for the renovation of Ridgewood Park
Entity Name: Zenith Construction Services, Inc.
Entity Address: 365 Thomas Boulevard, Orange, New Jersey 07050
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $459,500.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Department of Engineering/NW026-1601-32720-B2019
Funding Account Codes: Open Space Trust Fund
Contract Period: 180 consecutive calendar days from the date of a written Notice to Proceed issued by the Director of Engineering and/or his designee
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Non-Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Addition Information:
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WHEREAS, on June 24, 2021, the City of Newark (the "City"), pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1, et seq., publicly advertised and solicited bids for the Renovation of Ridgewood Park, Contract #2021-01 (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with that advertisement, the bids were received, publicly opened, and read aloud on July 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the project specifications required that bidders construct the Project in accordance therewith and with the proposed Contract Documents; and
WHEREAS, after investigation, Z-Tech Contracting, LLC, submitted a bid of Three Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen Dollars and Eleven Cents ($347,314.11), that is so unnaturally low that it impacts fair and competitive bidding by other qualified bidders, and will necessarily lead to requests for additional compensation that would likely exceed the cost of the second low bidder and impede or prevent timely Project progress and completion; and
WHEREAS, the bid submitted by Z-Tech Contracting, LLC, therefore, is non-responsive because it is not in c...
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