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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide legal services concerning Environmental Matters
Entity Name: Two (2) Vendors - See list below
Entity Address: Two (2) Vendors Addresses - See list below
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $100,000.00, cumulative for two (2) vendors
Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
1. Rainone Coughlin Minchello, LLC, 555 U.S. Highway One South, Suite 440, Iselin, New Jersey 08830-3100; and
2. Schenck, Price, Smith and King, LLP, 220 Park Avenue, Florham Park,
New Jersey 07932
Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of $25,000.00 attached
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") is involved in ongoing Legal Matters and therefore has a need to acquire Legal Services; and
WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services, exempt from the requirement for public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, on or about October 23, 2024, the Corporation Counsel of the City of Newark caused to be published in the Star Ledger and on the City of Newark's website, a Notice of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Environmental Counsel Services; and
WHEREAS, the City received a total of two (2) proposals in response to the RFQ for Environmental Counsel Services; and
WHEREAS, two (2) Vendors: (1) Rainone Coughlin Minchello LLC, and (2) Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP submitted proposals, and it was found based upon price and other factors, to be in the best interest of the City of Newark to accept those proposals for th...
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