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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Litigation Defense Matters.
Entity Name: Michael A. Armstrong, LLC
Entity Address: Willingboro, New Jersey 08043
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $293,000.00
Additional Contract Amount: $168,000.00
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-q adopted on December 21, 2022, awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00, for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $168,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $293,000.00.
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WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, by Resolution 7R6-q, adopted on December 21, 2022, awarded a contract to Michael A. Armstrong, LLC, 79 Mainbridge Lane, Willingboro, New Jersey 08043, to provide legal services as Litigation Defense Counsel, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($125,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Michael A. Armstrong, LLC, on or about May 2023 expended the $125,000.00 and continued to provide legal services at the request of the Corporation Counsel for the remainder of the contract period; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal invoices require an increase in the total contract amou...
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