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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To Provide Traffic Triangle Greening Project - Badger Avenue .at Clinton Avenue Contract# 14-WS2024
Entity Name: J.A. Alexander, Inc.
Entity Address: 130 John F. Kennedy Dr. No. Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $691,558.20
Funding Source: 2024 Capital Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW044-19C-19C02-94710-B2019
Contract Period: 365 calendar days from the date of the written Notice to Proceed to final completion
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Bid Packages Distributed: Five (5)
Bids Received: Three (3)
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WHEREAS, on April 9, 2024, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department") advertised to solicit bids for contractor(s) to provide Traffic Triangle Greening Project - Badger Avenue at Clinton Avenue in the City of Newark ("the Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Department distributed five (5) bid packages to prospective vendors following the date of bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2024, the Department received and opened one (1) bid for the Project shortly thereafter it was discovered due to administrative errors a special bid opening had to be scheduled because the City received two other bid packages that were received in time but inadvertently were not opened and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2024, after notifying all potential bidders, the special bid opening was held and the Department opened the bids for the Project from A-tech Concrete and Underground Utilities Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Department received a total of (3) bids for said proje...
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