Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding - Competitive Contracting
Purpose: To authorize the use of competitive contracting for the provision of Construction Management Consultant Services for the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project.
Entity Name: Not Applicable
Entity Address: Not Applicable
Contract Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: $0.00
Contract Period: Not Applicable
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, in the County of Essex, New Jersey (the "City") intends to solicit a contractor to construct the Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge (the "Project"), which will serve as a landmark central pedestrian access connector to address major transportation needs for the State's largest city; and
WHEREAS, the City will require the services of a construction management consultant (the "Services") as Owner's Representative to monitor and advise the City on all aspects of the Project during the pre-construction, bidding, construction and post-construction phases; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to procure the Services utilizing the Local Public Contracts Law's (LPCL) competitive contracting provisions found at N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1 et seq. ("Competitive Contracting"); and
WHEREAS, the Services to be procured are permitted to be competitively procured as consulting services pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1(m); and
WHEREAS, LPCL requires that the City adopt a resolution authorizing the use of Competitive Contracting for procurement of the Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY THAT:
1. The procur...
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