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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters.
Entity Name: Schenck Price Smith and King, LLP
Entity Address: 220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $168,791.22
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-c adopted on June 5, 2024, awarded a contract for the period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, for a contract amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $68,791.22, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $168,791.22.
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WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, by Resolution 7R6-c, adopted on June 5, 2024, awarded a contract to Schenck Price Smith and King, LLP, 220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense matters, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Schenck Price Smith and King, LLP, on or about February 2024 expended the $100,000.00 and continued to provide legal services at the request of the Corporation Counsel for the remainder of the contract period; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal invoices require an increa...
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