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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(L)) permits award of a contract for goods and services necessary or required to prepare and conduct an election without public bidding
Purpose: To provide printing and mailing services for the May 2026 Municipal Election and any necessary Municipal Run-Off Election
Entity Name: Reliance Graphics Inc.
Entity Address: 80 Pompton Avenue, Verona, New Jersey 07044
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $358,000.00
Funding Source: 2026 Budget/Office of the City Clerk
Contract Period: January 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Newark has a need to provide Printing and Mailing Services for the May 2026 Municipal election and any necessary Municipal Run-Off election, as a non-fair and open contract pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(l)) permits award of a contract for goods and services necessary or required to prepare and conduct an election without public bidding; and
WHEREAS, this contract is being awarded pursuant to and in compliance with the Non-Fair and Open Procedures of the Pay-to-Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5 et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wishes to enter into a contract with Reliance Graphics, Inc., 80 Pompton Avenue, Verona, New Jersey 07044, to provide printing and mailing services for the May 2026 Municipal Election and any necessary Municipal Run-Off Election, for an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousa...
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