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Dept/Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement of a Demand for Payment
Docket No.: None
Claimant: Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, LLC.
Claimant's Attorney: None
Attorney Address: None
Settlement Amount: $20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents)
Funding Source: City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Additional Information: 1433 State Route 34 Building A, Wall, New Jersey, 07727
Payment of an additional $20,000.00 (Settlement Sum) on an Emergency Contract, E 013-11.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities ("Department" or "City") was in need of certain professional engineering services, more specifically, construction administration services for the repair and rehabilitation of the 24-inch water main located in a tunnel which crosses beneath the Amtrak railroad tracks under the Haynes Avenue Bridge, and engaged Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, LLC, by way of Emergency Contract E 013-11 issued on September 6, 2013, for an amount not to exceed $40,350.00; and,
WHEREAS, at the time the Department issued Emergency Contract E 013-11, it was anticipated that construction would be completed within 75 days, with all work under the Emergency Contract completed within the authorized 90-day time period ending December 4, 2013; and,
WHEREAS, the scope of work and the period of time required to complete the work for this Emergency Contract had to be extended due to, among other things: the delivery of special order valves and pipe liner; additional work due to mandatory modifications to the piping due to unforeseen field conditions; the restrictions on work periods imposed by the railroad; and poor weather conditions including low temperatures and extreme snow falls. All of these factors expanded the scope of work and extended work performance resulting in the Contractor completing the work on April 1...
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