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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: Phase-5(A) Lead Service Line Replacement - Contract 23-WS2021
Entity Name: Roman E&G Corporation
Entity Address: 14 Ogden Street, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $3,921,535.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW041-19W-19W00-94710-B2019
Contract Period: For a term of 280 days from the date of the Notice to Proceed
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: Sixteen (16)
Bids Received: Nine (9)
Bids rejected: One (1)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") advertised Contract 23-WS2021 Phase-5(A) Lead Service Line Replacement located at various locations in the City of Newark, on November 11, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department") distributed sixteen (16) bid packages to prospective vendors following the date of bid advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2019, the Department received nine (9) bids for the said Project in accordance with the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities reviewed the bids, and the bid submitted by the low bidder, namely Reivax Contracting Corporation's bid, was found to be non-responsive due to incurable bid deficiencies with meeting the City of Newark's Affirmative Action Program's goals for utilizing minorities and women, and therefore was rejected; and
WHEREAS, Roman E&G Corporation, 14 Ogden Street, Newark, New Jersey 07104 submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, according to the specifications and in the...
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