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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To manage the City of Newark's Public Art Program by providing professional artistic services, which include mural production logistics, artistic design services, community organizing and youth skill-building and supervision.
Entity Name: Yendor Arts, a NJ Non-Profit Corporation
Entity Address: 30 Spruce Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $110,000.00
Funding Source: Percent of Arts Fund
Contract Period: One (1) year from the date of the Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Invitation: Acting Director of Economic & Housing Development, April 15, 2014
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Economic and Housing Development, is implementing a community mural program as part of the Newark Public Art Program, to be known as Newark Murals, which seeks to implement no less than four (4) community-based murals in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Newark Murals involves a unique combination of artistic services, including mural production logistics, artistic design services, community organizing and youth skill-building and supervision, requiring a unique combination of professional skills; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development is in need of Professional Services to manage these Newark Murals; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(6), the definition of Professional Services, includes those services rendered in the provision or performance of goods and services that are original and creative in chara...
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