Title
Dept/ Agency:  Engineering
Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service:  Bid Contract
Purpose: E.C.I.A. 16 Sale-Lease Back Public Buildings - Renovation to Basement (Correction Facility), 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey
Entity Name:  USA Architects, Planners and Interior Designers, PA
Entity Address:  20 No. Doughty Avenue, Somerville, New Jersey 08876
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $153,400.00
Funding Source:    Essex County Improvement Authority (E.C.I.A.) Bank of New York Mellon    
Contract Period:  One year after the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid   (   ) State Vendor   (   ) Prof.  Ser.   (   ) EUS   
(   ) Fair & Open   (   ) No Reportable Contributions   (   ) RFP   (   ) RFQ 
(   ) Private Sale   (   ) Grant   (   ) Sub-recipient   (   ) n/a    
Additional Information:  
Bids Solicited:         Three (3) 
Bids Received:      	One (1) 
Bids Rejected:         One (1)    
Bids Re-Solicited:    Six (6) 
Bids Received:        Two (2)  
 Contract #10-2014PS (R) 
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WHEREAS, the Department of Engineering is in need of professional engineering/architectural services for the E.C.I.A. 16 Sale-Lease Back Public Buildings - Renovation to Basement (Correction Facility), 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, engineering/architectural services are professional services exempt from the public bidding requirements of the Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(i); and
WHEREAS, on August 21, 2014, the Department of Engineering advertised for the receipt of responses to a Request for Proposals ("RFP"), from qualified engineers and/or architects to provide those professional services for Contract #10-2014PS Renovation to Basement (Correction Facility), 31 Green Street, Newark, New Jersey (hereinafter Contract #10-2014PS); and
WHEREAS, on September 3, 2014, the three (3) firms who picked up the Request for Proposals for Contract #1...
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