Title
Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor/Newark Municipal Court
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: Translation Plus, Inc.
Entity Address: 238 Main Street, Suite 103-111, Hackensack, NJ 07601
Contract Amount: $60,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Office of the Mayor, Municipal Court
Contract Period: September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012
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 Municipal Court of the City of Newark, (“Newark Municipal Court”) wishes to retain the services of interpreters to provide access to court proceedings for non-English speaking persons; 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, Translation Plus, Inc., 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 Translation Plus, Inc. has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the City of Newark in the previous one year, and the contract will prohibit Translation Plus, 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 is in compliance with Executive Order MEO-07-001, effective Mar...
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