Title
Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( x ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( x ) Amending
Type of Service: Change Order/Amend Resolution
Purpose: Amending Contract to Extend Term
Entity Name: English Paving Company, Inc.
Entity Address: 650 Route 46 West, Clifton, New Jersey 07013
Contract Amount: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
Contract Period: June 30, 2014
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:
Contract No. 02-2011
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WHEREAS, Resolution No. 7R4-C, adopted November 22, 2011, authorized the Director of the Department of Engineering to accept the bid proposal and execute Contract No. 02-2011, Citywide Streetscape - Phase I: Clinton Avenue and South Orange Avenue, with English Paving Company, Inc., 650 Route 46 West, Clifton, New Jersey 07013, for the amount of $4,111,495.99; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 7R4-A, adopted December 4, 2013, authorized the Director of the Department of Engineering to issue Change Order No. 1 to Contract No. 02-2011, Citywide Streetscape - Phase I: Clinton Avenue and South Orange Avenue, for the amount of $177, 495.80, thereby bringing the total amount of this contract to $4,289,091.79 and extending the contract termination date to February 28, 2014; and
WHEREAS, due to the extreme weather conditions over the months of December 2013 through February 2014, and the delays caused by PSE&G in providing the new electrical service to the new traffic signals along South Orange Avenue, the Department of Engineering wishes to further extend the time to complete the actual construction phase of this contract to June 30, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the attached Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. 02-2011, Citywide Streetscape - Phase I: Clinton Avenue and South Orange Avenue extends the contract termination date to June 30, 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee and the Director of the Department of Engineering is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to issue Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. 02-2011, Citywide Streetscape - Phase I: Clinton Avenue and South Orange Avenue, extending the time to complete this contract to June 30, 2014 with English Paving Company, Inc., 650 Route 46 West, Clifton, New Jersey 07013.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies this contract amendment from February 28, 2014 to the date of the adoption of this resolution.
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3. The public bidding process under the New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1, et seq., complies with the Fair and Open Process of the State of New Jersey Local Unit Pay-to-Play Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, et seq.
4. Consistent with the provisions of the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40:A:11-15(9), the Director of the Department of Engineering is authorized to amend the contract termination date to June 30, 2014.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee and the Director of the Department of Engineering, to issue Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. 02-2011, Citywide Streetscape - Phase I: Clinton Avenue and South Orange Avenue, in the amount of $177, 595.80, extending the time to complete this contract to June 30, 2014.