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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To amend the scope of work permitted under the contract
Entity Name: DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP
Entity Address: Glenpointe Centre West, 500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, Suite 31, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
Contract Amount: No Increase Requested ($250,000.00)
Funding Source: 2014 City of Newark Budget, Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014
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:
Originating Resolution #7R7-g December 18, 2013
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is involved in ongoing legal matters and therefore has a need to acquire legal services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark issued a Request for Qualifications for Bond Counsel Services on or about September 20, 2013; and
WHEREAS, legal services are professional services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark by Resolution 7R7-g adopted on December 18, 2013, awarded a contract to DeCotiis Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP, with offices located at Glenpointe Centre West, 500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, Suite 31, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666, to provide bond counsel services in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark will benefit from and is in need of legal services in other areas; and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.) requires that Notice of the Award of ...
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