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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Change Order Wilson Avenue Reconstruction and Doremus Avenue Drainage Outfall Project Phase ll Entity Name: Boswell Engineering, Inc.
Entity Address: 330 Phillips Avenue, South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606
Contract Amount: $361,778.80
Funding Source: N/A
Contract Period: June 25, 2013 through December 1, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Addition Information:
Extending completion date at no additional cost to the City.
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WHEREAS, Resolution 7R4-B, adopted November 6, 2008, authorized the Director of the Department of Engineering to accept the proposal submitted by Boswell Engineering, Inc., 330 Phillips Avenue, South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606, in response to a Request for Proposal, and execute Contract No. 10-2008PS, Wilson Avenue Reconstruction and Doremus Avenue Drainage Outfall Project - Phase II, with for the amount of $361,776.80; and
WHEREAS, a Notice to Proceed was issued on June 25, 2013, which date constituted the commencement of the contract term, which was 365 days hence; and
WHEREAS, as result of construction delays due to weather and traffic conditions, the contract was not completed within the stated contract period, causing the Department of Engineering to authorize an amendment of the contract to extend the term of the contract through December 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15(9) permits extensions of contracts on public works projects, including that of the associated professional service contract, for the time required to complete ...
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