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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract(s)
Purpose: Traffic Signal Cable Conductors
Entity Name(s)/Address(s): American Wire Group, 2875 NE 191st Street, Suite 305, Miami Florida 33180
Contract Amount: $100,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals
Contract Period: to be established for a period not exceeding 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:
(List vendors here - only if list is long
Additional Information:
Bids solicited: Seven (7)
Bids received: One (1)
Bid Rejected: One (1)
Bids re-solicited: Two (2)
Bids received: One (1)
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WHEREAS, on July 30, 2014, the City of Newark through its Purchasing Director advertised to solicit bids for contractor(s) to provide, Traffic Signal Cable Conductors, to the Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals, as per the bid proposal attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Central Purchasing distributed seven (7) bid proposal packages to prospective vendors following the date of advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on August 14, 2014, one (1) bid was received in response to this advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on August 14, 2014 the Division of Central Purchasing rejected all bids received on August 14, 2014 so that the bid specifications could be revised to clarify the requested packaging to assure that the bids received are based on the same parameters; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13.2(d) authorizes the rejection of all bids when the contracting unit desires to substantially revise the bid specifications.
WHEREAS, on August 26, 2014, the City of Newark through i...
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