Title
Dept/ Agency: Child and Family Well-Being
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Exception to Public Bidding
Purpose: Animal Control Services
Entity Name: Associated Humane Societies, Inc.
Entity Address: 124 Evergreen Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07114
Contract Amount: $631,926.00 per year
Funding Source: City of Newark/Department of Family and Child Well-Being
Contract Period: February 1, 2013 through January 31, 2015
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( x ) n/a
Additional Information:
Pursuant to resolution 7R2-n (AS) 090612, exercising option to renew for additional two (2) years
Invitation: Director of Child & Family Well-Being, March 19, 2013
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark has a need to provide Animal Shelter Management Services for its injured, trapped and sick animals and animals whose lives are endangered or animals that are a danger to human beings; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to provide animal control services in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-5.1 authorizes any municipality not having a public animal pound to award negotiated contracts for animal control services without public bidding, with a non-profit humane society situated in the County or any adjoining County to provide said services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark Department of Child and Family Well-Being, entered into a contract with Associated Humane Societies, pursuant to Resolution 7R2-n(AS) 090612, to provide animal control services in the City of Newark, for the period February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013, with an option to renew for two (2) additional one (1) year contracts for 2014 and 2015; and
WHEREAS, the contract is an...
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