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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract(s)
Purpose: To provide, City-wide Towing Service
Entity Name(s)/Address(s): (1) B & C Towing, Inc., 527 Avenue P, Newark, New Jersey 07105 (2) Dente Brothers Towing, Inc., 27 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07105
Contract Amount: Revenue Contract
Funding Source: No City Funds Required
Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed two years
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Entity Name/Address:
Additional Information:
Bids Solicited: Thirteen (13)
Bids Received: Three (3)
Bids Rejected: One (1)
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WHEREAS, on January 24, 2012, the City of Newark through its Division of Central Purchasing of the Department of Administration, advertised an Invitation to Bid for vendors to provide City-wide Towing Services for the City of Newark Police Department. As solicited, the contracts were to be divided into six contracts as follows: (1) Second Precinct, (2) Third Precinct, (3) Fourth Precinct, (4) Fifth Precinct, (5) Sanitation for City- wide Street Cleaning and (6) Bus Lanes on Broad Street also known as Police Towing City-wide; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2012, three (3) bids were received and opened in response to this advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on or about August 2012, Dente Brothers Towing, Inc. (Dente) filed an emergent application in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Law Division, Docket Number ESX-L-5800-12, in part, seeking the award of the contract; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2012, the City of Newark rejected all bids to substantially revise the specifications as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2(d); and
WHEREAS, shortly therea...
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