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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 ten (10) Year Land Use Master Plan.
Entity Name: Wallace Roberts and Todd, LLC
Entity Address: 1700 Market Street, Suite 2800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $350,000.00
Funding Source: Community and Economic Development Fund
Contract Period: One (1) year from the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed
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 City of Newark, Department of Economic and Housing Development (the "City") is in need of Planning Consulting Services for the preparation of the City of Newark's 10-Year Land Use Master Plan (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the City advertised a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Project on March 30, 2021, pursuant to the requirements of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28 et seq., (the "MLUL") and in accordance with the requirements of the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq. (the "LPCL"); and
WHEREAS, the City incorrectly processed the RFP; and
WHEREAS, Planning Consulting Services include services provided by planners, urban designers, and architects, and those professions are licensed by the State of New Jersey, and as such those services are "Professional Services" exempt from the public bidding requirements pursuant to the LPCL, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into a Professional Services Contract with Wallace Roberts and Todd, LLC, 1700 Market Street, Suite 2800, Ph...
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