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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide interpreting services in 180 languages during Court sessions.
Entity Name: CQ Fluency, Inc.
Entity Address: 2 University Plaza, Suite 406, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $140,000.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Office of the Mayor, Municipal Court/NW011-016-0167-7128
Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Newark Municipal Court wishes to retain the services of interpreters to provide access to court proceedings for non-English speaking, deaf, and hard of hearing persons in court and/or telephonically; and
WHEREAS, the Professional Services of interpreters to be rendered are exempt from the bidding provision of the Local Public Contracts Law under N.J.S.A. 40A:11- 5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, CQ Fluency, Inc., 2 University Plaza, Suite 406, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 a company providing interpreting services, has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certificate, which shall be placed on file with the Resolution in the Office of the City Clerk, certifying that CQ Fluency, Inc., has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the City of Newark in the previous one (1) year, and the contract will prohibit CQ Fluency, Inc. from making reportable contributions through the term of contract; and
WHEREAS, this contract is awarded pursuant to the Non-Fair and Open Process, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5; and as a Professional Services, pursuant to Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Busin...
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