Title
Dept/ Agency: Police
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: EUS Contract
Purpose: To provide consulting service to obtain accreditation from New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (SACOP).
Entity Name: The Rodgers Group, LLC
Entity Address: 6 Lincoln Avenue, Toms River, New Jersey, 08753
Contract Amount: $119,000.00
Funding Source: Police Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. (X) EUS
( X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( X ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
body
WHEREAS, the City of Newark is in need of consulting services to assist in obtaining accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police ("SACOP"), including rewriting and revising existing Newark Police Department orders, policies, procedures, rules and regulations to ensure compliance with SACOP standards; and
WHEREAS, the services are specialized and qualitative in nature requiring expertise, extensive training and proven reputation in the field of endeavor, in this instance the field of police accreditation, as such these services are considered an Extraordinary Unspecifiable Service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(ii), and does not require public bidding; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Fair and Open process of State Pay-to-Play Law N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, the City of Newark publicly advertised a Request for Proposal (RFP) for this service on July 24, 2013 and received one (1) proposal from Frank Rodgers, trading as The Rodgers Group, LLC, on August 22, 2013; and
WHEREAS, upon review by the Newark Police Department the proposal received from Frank Rodgers, trading as The Rodgers Group, LLC was found to be advantageous to the Police...
Click here for full text