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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: () Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection and Structural Engineering Design services, as well as Construction Management services for the new mixed-use Kawaida Towers residential development to be located at 17-21 Halsey Street
Entity Name: OCA Architects, Inc.
Entity Address: 211 Warren Street, Suite 216 - 218, Newark, New Jersey 07103
Contract Amount: An amount not to exceed $297,000.00
Funding Source: NW026-32100-B2025
Contract Period: One (1) year from the Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( X) Non-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 ("City") wishes to enter into a Professional Services contract with OCA Architects, Inc., 211 Warren Street, Suite 216 - 218, Newark, New Jersey 07103 for the purpose of providing architectural services for the design and construction of a new 9-story mixed-use development, to be located at 17-21 Halsey Street, designed to create affordable condominium ownership opportunities in the Central Ward, as more specifically set forth in the contract attached hereto and made a part thereof; and
WHEREAS, the above-referenced Professional Services are exempt from the public bidding requirements of Local Public Contracts Law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i), as these services are to be rendered by a person (or persons) authorized by law to practice a recognized profession, whose practice is regulated by law, and the performance of which services requires knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal course o...
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